Social Security Act 2018

Factors affecting benefits - Factors affecting benefits - Factors affecting benefit: veteran's entitlement

200: Exceptions to rule that veteran’s entitlement excludes any other benefit

You could also call this:

“When you can get other benefits even if you receive money for being a veteran”

You may be able to get other benefits even if you receive a veteran’s entitlement. This rule applies in certain situations.

If you get a pension or allowance because you are disabled, you can still get other benefits. The same is true if you get a pension or allowance under Part 6 of the Veterans’ Support Act 2014.

If you are a widow, widower, or partner of a veteran and you get a pension under Part 3 of the Veterans’ Support Act 2014, you can still get other benefits. Also, if you get an allowance for helping a disabled member of the New Zealand or Commonwealth forces, Emergency Reserve Corps, or New Zealand mercantile marine, you can get other benefits too.

If you get a children’s pension under section 72 of the Veterans’ Support Act 2014, you can still get some specific benefits. These include a supported living payment if you can’t work much or if you are blind. You can also get jobseeker support if you have a health condition, injury, or disability that affects your ability to work.

Young people who get a children’s pension can still get a youth payment or young parent payment. This applies if they can’t do education, training, or work-based learning because of a health condition, injury, or disability.

Lastly, if you get a children’s pension, you can still get a child disability allowance.

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Factors affecting benefits: Factors affecting benefit: veteran's entitlement

200Exceptions to rule that veteran’s entitlement excludes any other benefit

  1. Section 199(1) does not apply if the entitlement under the Veterans’ Support Act 2014 is any of the following:

  2. a pension or allowance granted to P on the ground of P’s disablement:
    1. a pension or allowance under Part 6 of the Veterans’ Support Act 2014:
      1. a surviving spouse or partner pension granted under Part 3 of the Veterans’ Support Act 2014:
        1. an allowance for services rendered as an attendant on a disabled member of the New Zealand or any other Commonwealth forces or of the Emergency Reserve Corps or of the New Zealand mercantile marine.
          1. Section 199(1) does not exclude a person who is paid a children’s pension under section 72 of the Veterans’ Support Act 2014 from eligibility for any of the following benefits:

          2. a supported living payment on the ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness:
            1. jobseeker support on the ground of health condition, injury, or disability:
              1. a youth payment or young parent payment granted to a person who qualifies for an exemption from the obligation to undertake education or training or work-based learning (as defined in section 162(4)) on the ground of the person’s health condition (for example, sickness), injury, or disability:
                1. a child disability allowance.
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