Social Security Act 2018

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214: Beneficiary and offence defined for section 213

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“Explaining who and what section 213 covers”

In section 213, the term “beneficiary” does not include young people as defined in the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989. It also doesn’t include people who are excluded by regulations made under section 435.

The term “offence” in section 213 doesn’t include certain types of offences that are excluded by regulations made under section 435.

These definitions are important because they help you understand who section 213 applies to and what kinds of offences it covers.

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Factors affecting benefits: Factors affecting benefit: issue of warrant for beneficiary’s arrest

214Beneficiary and offence defined for section 213

  1. In section 213,—

    beneficiary excludes a person who is 1 of the following:

    1. a young person (as defined in section 2(1) of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989):
      1. a person who falls within a class, description, or kind of beneficiary that is excluded from the operation of section 213 by regulations made under section 435

        offence excludes an offence of a class, description, or kind excluded from the operation of section 213 by regulations made under section 435.

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