443Regulations: payments during epidemic in New Zealand

1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations authorising MSD, when a domestic epidemic management notice is in force, and for any further period notified by the Minister under section 64(3A), to do all or any of the following, with the written approval of the Minister and within any limits stated in the approval (and despite contrary provisions in this Act):

2. cause benefits to be paid to people otherwise disentitled to them because of stand-down periods or suspensions of benefits:
3. reinstate cancelled benefits:
4. grant benefits to or reinstate the benefits of, and for any time or times MSD thinks fit make payments under them to, people who were or are subject to non-entitlement periods:
5. cause benefits to be paid at a rate not higher than the maximum rate but higher than a lower rate to which people would otherwise be entitled (being a lower rate because of a reduction, variation, suspension, or direct deduction, or because of a sanction, penalty, or non-entitlement period, imposed on a spouse or partner):
6. refrain from exercising a power, or from meeting a requirement in this Act, to cancel, suspend, or vary benefits or payments of benefits, in circumstances where the holders satisfy the normal criteria for, or the requirement in this Act applies and requires, cancellation, suspension, or variation of benefits or payments.

7. Regulations made under this section override every provision of this Act to the contrary.

8. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Compare

• 1964 No 136 ss 3(1), 61CB

Notes

• Section 443(1): amended, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
• Section 443(3): inserted, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).