Social Security Act 2018

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214: Beneficiary and offence defined for section 213

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"What 'beneficiary' and 'offence' mean in section 213 of the Social Security Act"

When you read about section 213, you need to know what a beneficiary is. A beneficiary does not include a young person, as defined in the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989. It also does not include people who are excluded by regulations made under section 435.

When you read about section 213, you also need to know what an offence is. An offence does not include certain types of offences that are excluded by regulations made under section 435. These regulations help decide what is and is not an offence in this case.

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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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