162Obligations of young person granted youth support payment

1. A young person who has been granted a youth support payment must do the following things:

2. be enrolled in and undertake to MSD’s satisfaction, or be available for, a full-time course of secondary instruction or tertiary education or approved training or work-based learning leading to—
   1. NCEA level 2; or
   2. a qualification that in MSD’s opinion is equivalent to NCEA level 2; or
   3. a higher qualification:
3. as required by MSD, participate in and complete a budgeting programme approved by MSD for the purpose:
4. as required by MSD, attend and participate in any interview with an MSD employee or a person on behalf of MSD:
5. as required by a contracted service provider assigned to the person, attend and participate in any interview with that provider:
6. as required by MSD or a contracted service provider assigned to the person, report to MSD or the service provider on the person’s compliance with the obligations set out in paragraphs (a) to (d):
7. co-operate with MSD or a contracted service provider assigned to the person, in managing the spending of the young person’s youth payments or young parent payments:
8. attend and participate in regular discussions on budgeting with an MSD employee or a contracted service provider:
9. at budgeting discussions and otherwise as required by MSD, provide details of—
   1. the young person’s accommodation costs, service costs, and other lawful debts and liabilities:
   2. how the young person has spent the young person’s youth support payments and, if applicable, young parent payments:
10. give to MSD or to a contracted service provider assigned to the young person (within 20 working days starting on the day after the date on which MSD informs the young person of the requirement) the following information:
    1. details of the young person’s accommodation costs and service costs and other lawful debts and liabilities; and
    2. any other information reasonably required by MSD to effect youth money management under section 341.

11. In this section,—

    accommodation costs, for a young person and a period, has the same meaning as in section 65AAA except that,—

    1. if the person resides at any social housing in relation to which the person is an additional resident, it means 100% of the person’s contributions (as defined in section 65AAA) for the period; and
    2. if the person is a boarder, it means 100% of the amount paid by the person for the period for board and lodgings at the premises at which they reside

    service costs has the same meaning as in section 65AAA.

12. In this section and in sections 166 and 167,—

    approved training means an employment-related training course approved by MSD

    full-time course has the same meaning as in—

    1. regulation 2(1) of the Student Allowances Regulations 1998; or
    2. the corresponding provision of replacement regulations made under all or any of sections 645 and 646 and clause 3 of Schedule 9 of the Education and Training Act 2020.

13. In this section and in sections 164 to 167 and 200, work-based learning, in relation to any person, means a course or programme undertaken (or to be undertaken), in the course of or by virtue of his or her employment, that comprises, or includes a component of, practical or on-the-job vocational learning (for example, an industry training programme or apprenticeship).

14. A failure without good and sufficient reason to comply with obligations under this section is subject to sanctions, as provided in Part 5.