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Education and learning

This page contains different parts of laws about Education and learning.

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Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Scheme's approval ends when the person in charge is told about it

59: Approval is withdrawn from date person responsible for scheme is notified

Immigration Act 2009

People without permission to be in New Zealand can't work or study here

21: No right for person unlawfully in New Zealand to work or study

Immigration Act 2009

Permanent resident visa holders can live, work, and study in New Zealand indefinitely

73: Currency and nature of permanent resident visa

Immigration Act 2009

Immigration officers can check education providers' records to ensure visa compliance

278: Powers of entry and inspection relating to records of education providers

Immigration Act 2009

Rules for education providers about who can study at their institution

352: Offences by education providers

Immigration Act 2009

Fines for education providers who break immigration rules

358: Penalties: education providers

Local Government Act 2002

Free library membership for people living in the council area

142: Obligation to provide free membership of libraries

Income Tax Act 2007

Overseas research and development rules no longer apply

LH 6: Research and development activities outside New Zealand

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax exemption for overseas experts and trainees visiting NZ under government agreements

CW 22: Amounts derived by overseas experts and trainees in New Zealand by government arrangement

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax rules for scholarships and student grants

CW 36: Scholarships and bursaries

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax exemption for approved scientific or industrial research groups

CW 49: Bodies promoting scientific or industrial research

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax deductions for scientific research expenses

DB 33: Scientific research

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax deductions for research and development spending

DB 34: Research or development

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax credits available for dependent 18-year-olds in education

MC 9: Credits for person aged 18

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for accessing money in retirement savings schemes

RH 3: Retirement savings schemes

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax exemption for tertiary education institutions and their subsidiaries

CW 55BA: Tertiary education institutions and subsidiaries

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax repayment for companies receiving R&D loss tax credits

OB 47B: Tax paid by recipients of R&D loss tax credits

Income Tax Act 2007

This section outlines who can claim tax credits for research and development in New Zealand

LY 3: When this subpart applies

Income Tax Act 2007

Group tax credit for company's research and development

OP 11C: Consolidated ICA credit for research and development tax credit

Income Tax Act 2007

FamilyBoost tax credits help caregivers pay for early childhood education

MH 1: FamilyBoost tax credits: purpose

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Tax office can take extra money from your pay to fix student loan mistakes

49: Commissioner must issue additional deduction rate notice to obtain Commissioner deductions

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Help if you're struggling to pay back your student loan

147: Hardship relief for any tax year

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

You can't ask to lower your student loan payments anymore

101: Borrower may apply for reduction of deduction rate to reflect lower repayment obligation

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Asking to use leftover repayment limit for your second job's earnings

42: Application for unused repayment threshold to be allocated to secondary employment earnings

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Managing education loans and setting up fair repayment rules

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

This law is about student loans and is called the Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

1: Title

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

When the different parts of the student loan law start working

2: Commencement

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Getting started with student loans: How they work and where you live matters

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

This law explains why we have student loans and how they work

3: Purposes

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Words used in the student loan rules and what they mean

4: Interpretation

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

This law explains who needs to pay back student loans and when

6: Application of Act

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

This law explains how bonded scholarships are treated like student loans if you break the rules

7: Application of Act to bonded scholarships

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

The government must follow the student loan rules too

8: Act binds the Crown

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Why the law lets people share information about student loans

9: Purposes of sections 10, 11, 16, and 17

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Student loan manager tells tax office about loan requests

10: Loan manager must notify Commissioner of persons who apply for student loan

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Loan company tells tax office about student borrowers

16: Loan manager must notify Commissioner of borrower's details

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Inland Revenue tells you how much you owe on your student loan

19: Commissioner must inform borrowers about consolidated loan balance

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Explains when you're based in New Zealand or overseas for your student loan

21: Overview of being New Zealand-based or overseas-based

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

What it means to be based in New Zealand for student loans

22: Meaning of New Zealand-based

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

When the law thinks you live outside New Zealand

23: Meaning of overseas-based

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

How part-days in New Zealand count for student loans

24: Treatment of partial days

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Some people with student loans can be seen as if they're in New Zealand even when they're not

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Borrowers abroad might be treated as if they're in New Zealand for their student loans

25: Commissioner may treat certain borrowers as being physically in New Zealand

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

How to ask to be treated as if you're in New Zealand for your student loan

26: Method of making application and provision of evidence and information

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Student loan boss tells you when you're treated as being in NZ

27: Commissioner must notify borrower and specify period or conditions when granting application

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

You must tell the government when you leave or come back to New Zealand

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Tell the government if you'll be away from New Zealand for a long time

28: Borrower to notify Commissioner of absence from New Zealand of 184 or more days

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Tell the government when you return to New Zealand for more than 6 months

29: Borrower to notify Commissioner of return to New Zealand of more than 183 days

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

How you pay back your student loan if you're in New Zealand or overseas

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

You must repay the money you borrowed for your student loan

30: Borrower's liability to repay consolidated loan balance

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Different loan repayment rules for people living in New Zealand and overseas

31: Repayment obligations that apply to New Zealand-based borrowers and overseas-based borrowers

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

How the law applies to you based on your income sources

32: Interrelationship between subparts 1 and 2

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Rules for repaying student loans if you work in New Zealand

33: Application of this subpart

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Rules about how to pay back student loans

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Rules for taking student loan payments from your work pay in New Zealand

34: Repayment codes for New Zealand-based borrowers who derive salary or wages

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Tell your boss about your student loan when you start work

35: Borrowers with SL repayment code must notify employers

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Money taken from your pay to repay your student loan

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Bosses take out student loan money from your pay

36: Employer or PAYE intermediary must make standard deductions from salary or wages

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

How much money your work takes from your pay to help pay back your student loan

37: Deduction rates that apply to standard deductions from salary or wages

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Special rules for taking student loan payments from your main benefit

40: Deductions from main benefits

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

You might be able to use extra money from your main job to help pay off your student loan from your second job.

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Words that explain when you need to start paying back your student loan

41: Definitions relating to repayment thresholds

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

How to guess your income for three months

43: Determining estimated salary or wages

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

How to work out the leftover money you can earn before paying back your student loan

44: Calculating borrower's unused repayment threshold for pay period

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Getting a special certificate to use your leftover repayment threshold for your second job

45: Special deduction rate certificate for unused repayment threshold

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

The government can give you a special paper that changes how much money is taken from your pay

46: Issue and application of special deduction rate certificate

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Keep checking and telling the government about changes to your loan and work

47: Ongoing obligations of borrower to review and notify

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

When your special student loan repayment rate ends

48: Time when special deduction rate ceases to apply

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

The government can take money you owe from your pay

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

How the government tells you and your employer about taking more money from your pay for your student loan

50: Procedures for issue of additional deduction rate notice

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Ways to collect money that borrowers still owe

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Checking if the right amount was taken from your pay for your student loan

51: Assessment of standard deductions that ought to have been made

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

How the government checks and tells you about your student loan payments

52: Recovery of assessed amounts

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Students who study full-time don't have to make regular loan payments

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Telling the government you don't want money taken out of your pay for your student loan

55: Declaration by eligible borrowers for exemption from standard deductions

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

What happens when you tell the government about your student loan payments

56: Notice from Commissioner

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

What happens when you don't need student loan money taken from your pay

57: Consequences of exemption from standard deductions

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

You can change your mind about not paying your student loan from your pay

58: Withdrawal of declaration

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Tell IRD and your boss if something changes with your student loan

59: Notice of change of circumstances

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

When you can't be exempt from student loan deductions anymore

60: When exemption from standard deductions ceases to apply

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

What borrowers need to know and decide about paying back their loans

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Employers must share details about student loan money taken from pay

61: Information to show salary or wage deductions made

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Commissioner helps decide how much to take from your pay for student loans

62: Commissioner must determine question about amount of salary or wage deductions

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

When regular payments are too high or too low

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

The Student Loan Boss decides when mistakes in repayments are big enough to worry about

63: Commissioner determines what is significant under-deduction or significant over-deduction

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Money taken from your pay for student loans is final unless there's a big mistake

64: Standard deductions are full and final unless significant error

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

What to do if you think too much money was taken for your student loan

65: Significant over-deduction identified by borrower

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

The government checks if they took too much money for your student loan

66: Commissioner must determine whether significant over-deduction made

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

What happens if not enough money is taken from your pay for your student loan

68: Applicable procedures if significant under-deduction

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

General rules about taking money from your pay for student loans

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

The government can stop you from changing your loan payments if they think you're not being fair

69: Prohibition on applications or declarations to maintain integrity of student loan scheme

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Rules for taking money from your pay for student loans

70: PAYE rules apply to salary or wage deductions

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Extra money taken from your pay to repay your student loan

71: Salary or wage deductions in addition to income tax withheld

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

This part explains who needs to repay student loans

72: Application of this subpart

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Explaining how your income is calculated for student loan repayments

73: Meaning of adjusted net income, Schedule 3 adjustments, and related terms

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Telling the government about changes to your income for your student loan

74: Notification of Schedule 3 adjustments

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

You can ask for more time to tell about changes to your student loan repayments

75: Extension of time for notification of Schedule 3 adjustments

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

The government calculates how much you owe for your student loan each year

76: Commissioner to assess borrower's end-of-year repayment obligation

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

How to work out your student loan repayment when you earn less than a set amount

77: Calculation of borrower's end-of-year repayment obligation if salary or wages less than annual repayment threshold

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

How the government works out how much of your student loan you need to pay back each year if you earn enough money

78: Calculation of borrower's end-of-year repayment obligation where salary or wages equal to or more than annual repayment threshold

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Pay your final student loan bill for the year

79: Payment of end-of-year repayment obligation

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Figuring out your final student loan payment for the year

80: Calculation of terminal payment for tax year

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

When you need to pay the last bit of your student loan

81: Due date for terminal payment

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

When you need to pay parts of your student loan during the year

84: Due dates for payment of interim payments

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

The Commissioner can change when you pay your student loan

85: Commissioner's powers in relation to due dates

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Student loan interim payments follow the same rules as tax payments

86: Interim payments to be paid in same manner as provisional tax

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

What happens if you don't pay back your student loan on time

87: Consequence of failure to meet repayment obligations

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

This part of the law was removed and doesn't apply to student loans anymore

88: Application of this subpart

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Figuring out how much you need to pay back for money you made outside of work

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

The tax office used to figure out how much you owe on your student loan, but they don't do that anymore.

89: Commissioner to assess borrower's other income repayment obligation

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

How to figure out how much you need to repay for other types of income

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

How we used to figure out loan repayments for people with low wages and other income

90: Calculation of borrower's other income repayment obligation where salary or wages below threshold

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Old rule for calculating extra student loan payments no longer applies

91: Calculation of borrower's other income repayment obligation where salary or wages equal to or above threshold

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Paying back money owed from other sources of income

Equal Pay Act 1972

Employees in education can make claims to get fair pay.

Animal Welfare Act 1999

What "research, testing, and teaching" means in the Animal Welfare Act, including work that involves manipulating animals.

5: Definition of research, testing, and teaching

Employment Relations Act 2000

The government decides which classes can teach people about work rights and laws.

72: Minister to approve employment relations education

Social Security Act 2018

Help for People Who Need Financial Support

Social Security Act 2018

This law helps people in need by giving money and support

3: Purpose of this Act

Social Security Act 2018

Jobseeker support: extra money for people who are struggling financially

25: Jobseeker support: discretionary grant on ground of hardship

Social Security Act 2018

Rules for getting money help if you're a young person with no kids

49: Youth payment: requirements

Social Security Act 2018

When you're ready to start studying or training full-time

50: When person is study ready

Social Security Act 2018

Youth payment can continue for a short time after you turn 18

54: Youth payment: continuation after turning 18 years old

Social Security Act 2018

Rules for getting money as a young parent

56: Young parent payment: requirements

Social Security Act 2018

When you're ready or available for full-time study or training

57: When person is study ready

Social Security Act 2018

Young parents can keep getting payments after turning 20 in some cases

61: Young parent payment: continuation after turning 20 years old

Social Security Act 2018

This rule about special help notices no longer exists

102: Special assistance: status of, and access to, notices

Social Security Act 2018

Money help for 18-year-olds still in school

103: Provisions relating to children aged 18 years or over who continue education

Social Security Act 2018

A quick overview of what you need to know

Social Security Act 2018

Making sure people know what they need to do

Social Security Act 2018

Rules that people getting money from the government must follow

Social Security Act 2018

Rules for people getting benefits: what you need to do

109: Outline of beneficiary’s general and specific obligations

Social Security Act 2018

You must tell us if something important in your life changes

Social Security Act 2018

Tell someone if you're going to leave New Zealand

Social Security Act 2018

Children aged 3 to 5 must attend early learning programmes

131: Attendance of dependent child aged 3 to 5 years at early childhood education programme

Social Security Act 2018

School or early education required for 5 and 6-year-olds

132: Attendance of dependent child aged 5 or 6 years at early childhood education programme or registered school

Social Security Act 2018

Children aged 6 to 15 must go to school unless they have special permission

133: Attendance of dependent child aged 6 to 15 years at registered school

Social Security Act 2018

Rules about school, health checks, and words used in child education law

137: Definitions and attendance: regulations made under section 430

Social Security Act 2018

Ways to be excused from doing things the law says you should do

Social Security Act 2018

Things you must do when you get money from the government as a young person

162: Obligations of young person granted youth support payment

Social Security Act 2018

When young parents have to start learning or training after having a baby

163: When education obligation or training obligation begins for young parent

Social Security Act 2018

Young parents receiving payments must follow rules about parenting and childcare

164: Obligations of young person granted young parent payment

Social Security Act 2018

Young people getting jobseeker support might need special help

165: Young person aged 18 or 19 years who is receiving jobseeker support in young person’s own right and who is at significant risk of long-term welfare dependency

Social Security Act 2018

Rules for 16 or 17-year-olds with a partner who gets benefits but no kids of their own

166: Young person aged 16 or 17 years who has no dependent child and who is spouse or partner of specified beneficiary

Social Security Act 2018

Help for young parents aged 16-19 who are with someone getting a benefit

167: Young person aged 16 to 19 years who has dependent child and who is spouse or partner of specified beneficiary

Social Security Act 2018

Young person might need extra help to avoid long-term benefit use

168: Young person aged 18 or 19 years, who is receiving jobseeker support as spouse or partner of person granted that benefit, or who is work-tested spouse or partner of specified beneficiary, and who is at significant risk of long-term welfare dependency

Social Security Act 2018

What certain words mean in this part of the law about young people, their partners, and benefits

169: Interpretation

Social Security Act 2018

Different types of things you must do

Social Security Act 2018

Things you need to do before you can get help from the government

Social Security Act 2018

How being a refugee or protected person can change your benefit

Social Security Act 2018

Explaining who and what section 213 covers

214: Beneficiary and offence defined for section 213

Social Security Act 2018

No MSD punishment if you're in court for your child not going to school

243: Exclusion of sanction if failure is subject of prosecution under Education and Training Act 2020

Social Security Act 2018

When someone has a good reason for not following the rules

Social Security Act 2018

What happens if young people don't follow the rules

Social Security Act 2018

Young people with managed benefits can lose money if they don't follow youth services rules

275: Sanctions for failure by young person required to receive youth services to comply with obligations: money management

Social Security Act 2018

Young people getting youth services can lose money if they don't follow the rules

276: Sanctions for failure by young person required to receive youth services to comply with obligations: other cases

Social Security Act 2018

How you can meet your responsibilities

Social Security Act 2018

Rewards given to encourage good behavior

Social Security Act 2018

What happens to your bonus money if you get your youth payment back after losing it

288: Effect of regrant of youth payment on incentive payment

Social Security Act 2018

How you can ask for help from the government

Social Security Act 2018

When benefits start to be paid

Social Security Act 2018

How benefits are given to people

Social Security Act 2018

Help for young people

Social Security Act 2018

Help for young people to stay in school or find work instead of getting money from the government

365: Services to encourage young people to move to and remain in education, training, and employment

Social Security Act 2018

Things given to people who need help, provided by chosen companies

Social Security Act 2018

Rules for MSD hiring people to help with government services

373: Administration service providers: contracts

Social Security Act 2018

Deals with agreements about how to manage things

Social Security Act 2018

What happens when there's a difference between information given and what's found out

Social Security Act 2018

Your right to ask for a second look at a decision

Social Security Act 2018

A group that looks at complaints and decisions about social security

Social Security Act 2018

How to ask for a review or make an appeal

Social Security Act 2018

Rules about when you can challenge a decision

Social Security Act 2018

What you can do if you disagree with a decision

Social Security Act 2018

A group that looks at decisions people disagree with

Social Security Act 2018

How to ask for a review or make an appeal

Social Security Act 2018

You can ask for a change if you don't agree with a decision

Social Security Act 2018

How to ask for a decision to be looked at again

Social Security Act 2018

This section explains what you'll find in the following parts.

Social Security Act 2018

Rules about other things in the law

Social Security Act 2018

Rules can be made to help the Social Security Act work properly

418: Regulations: general

Social Security Act 2018

Rules for helping families pay for childcare

424: Regulations: childcare assistance

Social Security Act 2018

Rules about what words mean and how long kids should be in early learning

430: Regulations: specific obligations: obligations in relation to dependent children: definitions and attendance

Social Security Act 2018

Rules for changing how much money people get from the government

Social Security Act 2018

Rules that need to be checked and approved

Social Security Act 2018

Getting rid of old rules that aren't needed anymore

Social Security Act 2018

Changes made to other rules because of this law

Social Security Act 2018

This law is called the Social Security Act 2018

1: Title

Social Security Act 2018

Money for caring for someone else's child must be used for that child's needs

48: Unsupported child’s benefit to be used for benefit of child

Residential Tenancies Act 1986

Special rules for places where only students live, with extra services and house rules

5B: Exempt student accommodation

Residential Tenancies Act 1986

Rules for ending student housing agreements when a student is no longer eligible to live there

53A: Special provisions for notice terminating certain student tenancies

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