1: Title
This Act is the Official Information (Parliamentary Under-Secretaries) Amendment Act 2016.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act
This Act amends the Official Information Act 1982 principal Act 2016-07-05 Official Information Act 1982
4: Section 2 amended (Interpretation)
In section 2(1) Minister of the Crown


Health (Protection) Amendment Act 2016

1: Title
This Act is the Health (Protection) Amendment Act 2016.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force 6 months after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act
This Act amends the Health Act 1956 principal Act 2017-01-04 Health Act 1956
1: Infectious diseases
Notification
4: Section 2 amended (Interpretation)
1: In section 2(1) communicable disease tuberculosis, venereal disease,
2: In section 2(1) contact within a period not exceeding the prescribed period of incubation of that disease
3: In section 2(1) premises premises
4: In section 2(1) educational institution
a: means any place where people gather for the purpose of education or training; and
b: includes an early childhood education and care centre within the meaning of section 310(1) of the Education Act 1989 health practitioner health provider medical examination Part 3A
a: the taking of a sample of tissue, blood, urine, or other bodily material for medical testing; and
b: any diagnostic tests required to detect the presence of, or immunity to, an infectious disease in a person medical examination order section 92ZH public health order section 92Z public health risk Part 3A
a: the nature of the infectious disease, including, without limitation, the transmissibility and mode of transmission of the infectious disease; and
b: the relevant circumstances of the particular case
5: In section 2(1) venereal disease
6: After section 2(3)
4: In this Act, a reference to an individual who has an infectious disease includes an individual who is infected or colonised by, or is a carrier of, an organism capable of causing the disease, even if the individual does not exhibit any of the symptoms of the disease.
5: Section 7A amended (Medical officers of health and other officers)
After section 7A(7)
8: A medical officer of health for any health district may perform or exercise in that or any other health district any of the functions, duties, or powers of a medical officer of health that relate to contact tracing.
6: Section 22C amended (Disclosure of health information)
After section 22C(3)
4: Information provided or obtained under Part 3A
7: Section 74 amended (Medical practitioners to give notice of cases of notifiable disease)
1: In the heading to section 74 Medical practitioners Health practitioners
2: In section 74(1), (3), and (4) medical practitioner health practitioner
3: In section 74(1)(a) except where the disease is specified in section B if the disease is specified in section A
4: After section 74(3)
3A: A health practitioner who gives notice of a notifiable disease under subsection (1) or (3) must not disclose identifying information of the patient or deceased person if the disease is specified in section C
3B: Despite subsection (3A)
3C: In this section and section 74AA, identifying information
a: the person’s name, address, and place of work or education; and
b: any other information required by regulations made under this Act.
8: Section 74AA amended (Medical laboratories to give notice of cases of notifiable disease)
After section 74AA(2)
2A: A person in charge of a medical laboratory who gives notice of a notifiable disease under subsection (2) must not disclose identifying information of a person who is, or has been, or may be or may have been, infected with a disease specified in section C
2B: Despite subsection (2A) Management of infectious diseases
9: Section 79 repealed (Isolation of persons likely to spread infectious disease)
Repeal section 79
10: Sections 88 to 92 and cross-heading above section 88 repealed
Repeal sections 88 to 92
11: New Part 3A inserted
Before Part 4
3A: Management of infectious diseases
1: Overarching principles
92A: Principles to be taken into account
1: The principles set out in sections 92C to 92H are to be taken into account by every person and every court performing a function under this Part.
2: Nothing in sections 92C to 92H is to be taken as indicating that the principles in those sections are set out in any order of importance.
3: To avoid doubt, an individual undertaking contact tracing in response to a request under section 92ZZD(2)
92B: Paramount consideration
The paramount consideration in the application of the principles in sections 92C to 92H
92C: Respect for individuals
1: An individual must be treated with respect for the dignity of the individual when any functions, duties, or powers are exercised or performed in relation to him or her under this Part.
2: The person exercising or performing the functions, duties, or powers must take into account any known special circumstances or vulnerabilities of the individual, to the extent that the protection of public health permits this to be done.
92D: Voluntary compliance
1: If an individual poses a public health risk, and that risk can be prevented or minimised by the individual’s voluntary compliance with certain measures, the individual must be given the opportunity to voluntarily comply with those measures before measures under this Part are applied to the individual.
2: A person or court exercising or performing any functions, duties, or powers under this Part must take into account whether the individual has had an opportunity to minimise the risk of transmitting the infectious disease, and whether he or she has done so, or the extent to which he or she has done so, particularly in response to—
a: any directions given to the individual:
b: any request or instruction from a medical practitioner, medical officer of health, or health protection officer.
3: Individuals and communities should be encouraged to take responsibility for their own health and, to that end, to participate in decisions about how to protect and promote their own health and the health of their communities.
92E: Individual to be informed
A person exercising or performing any functions, duties, or powers in relation to an individual under this Part must, so far as is practicable in the circumstances, promptly inform the individual, in a way that the individual is most likely to understand, about—
a: the nature of the functions, duties, or powers being exercised or performed and their implications for the individual:
b: any steps planned to be taken in respect of the individual:
c: any right of the individual to appeal against the exercise or performance of the functions, duties, or powers and to apply for judicial review.
92F: Principle of proportionality
Measures applied to an individual under this Part must—
a: be proportionate to the public health risk sought to be prevented, minimised, or managed; and
b: not be made or taken in an arbitrary manner.
92G: Least restrictive alternative
In any case where this Part enables alternative measures to be applied to an individual, preference must be given to the least restrictive measure that, in the judgment of the person or court concerned, will achieve the objective of minimising the public health risk posed by the individual.
92H: Measures to apply no longer than necessary
Measures applied to an individual under this Part must not be applied longer than is necessary to prevent or minimise the public health risk that the individual poses.
2: Directions
92I: Medical officer of health may give directions to individual posing public health risk
1: This section applies if a medical officer of health believes on reasonable grounds that an individual poses a public health risk.
2: The medical officer of health may give the individual any direction or directions listed in subsection (4)
3: If the disease that the individual is believed to have is not a notifiable infectious disease, every direction given to the individual must have the prior approval of the Director-General.
4: The medical officer of health may direct the individual to—
a: participate in any of the following that are conducted by a health provider:
i: counselling:
ii: education:
iii: other activities related to the infectious disease:
b: refrain from carrying out specified activities (for example, undertaking employment, using public transport, or travelling within and outside New Zealand) either absolutely or unless stated conditions are observed:
c: refrain from going to specified places either absolutely or unless stated conditions are observed:
d: refrain from associating with specified persons or specified classes of persons:
e: take specified actions to prevent or minimise the public health risk posed by the individual:
f: stay, at all times or at specified times, at a specified place of residence, subject to specified conditions:
g: accept supervision by a named person or a person for the time being holding a named office, including, without limitation,—
i: attending meetings arranged by that person; and
ii: providing that person with information on any action, occurrence, or plan that is relevant to the public health risk posed by the individual:
h: comply with instructions to prevent the spread of the infectious disease.
5: In no case may a direction require an individual to submit to compulsory treatment.
6: Subsection (7) applies if a direction requires an individual to refrain from carrying out a specified activity either absolutely or unless stated conditions are observed and a medical officer of health believes on reasonable grounds that the persons responsible for the activity need to be informed in order to prevent or minimise the public health risk posed by the individual.
7: The medical officer of health may contact any person who occupies a position of responsibility in relation to the activity and tell that person about 1 or more of the following matters:
a: the direction:
b: the public health risk posed by the individual’s engagement in the activity:
c: ways of minimising that public health risk.
8: If the Director-General so requires, the medical officer of health must send him or her a copy of all or any of the directions given by the medical officer of health under this section.
9: Despite anything in the Privacy Act 1993, if a person requires another person to provide information under this section,—
a: the person required to provide the information must comply with the requirement and be advised that the information must be provided for the effective management of infectious diseases; and
b: nothing in this section limits the right of an individual to access or disclose information about him or her under that Act or any other Act.
92J: Medical officer of health may give directions to contacts of individuals posing public health risk
1: This section applies if a medical officer of health believes on reasonable grounds that—
a: an individual has been in contact with a person who has, or may have, an infectious disease; and
b: if the disease has been transmitted to the individual, the individual poses, or is likely to pose, a public health risk.
2: The medical officer of health may give the individual any 1 or more directions listed in subsection (4)
3: If the disease that the individual is believed to have is not a notifiable infectious disease, every direction given to the individual must have the prior approval of the Director-General.
4: The medical officer of health may direct the individual to—
a: participate in any of the following that are conducted by a health provider:
i: counselling:
ii: education:
iii: other activities related to the infectious disease:
b: refrain from carrying out specified activities (for example, undertaking employment, using public transport, or travelling within and outside New Zealand) either absolutely or unless stated conditions are observed:
c: refrain from going to specified places either absolutely or unless stated conditions are observed:
d: refrain from associating with specified persons or specified classes of persons:
e: take specified actions to prevent or minimise the public health risk posed by the individual:
f: stay, at all times or at specified times, at a specified place of residence, subject to specified conditions:
g: accept supervision by a named person or a person for the time being holding a named office, including, without limitation,—
i: attending meetings arranged by that person; and
ii: providing that person with information on any action, occurrence, or plan that is relevant to the public health risk posed by the individual:
h: comply with instructions to prevent the spread of the infectious disease.
5: In no case may a direction require an individual to submit to compulsory treatment.
6: Subsection (7) applies if a direction requires an individual to refrain from carrying out a specified activity either absolutely or unless stated conditions are observed and a medical officer of health believes on reasonable grounds that the persons responsible for the activity need to be informed in order to prevent or minimise the public health risk posed by the individual.
7: The medical officer of health may contact any person who occupies a position of responsibility in relation to the activity and tell that person about 1 or more of the following matters:
a: the direction:
b: the public health risk posed by the individual’s engagement in the activity:
c: ways of minimising that public health risk.
8: If the Director-General so requires, the medical officer of health must send him or her a copy of all or any of the directions given by the medical officer of health under this section.
9: Despite anything in the Privacy Act 1993, if a person requires another person to provide information under this section,—
a: the person required to provide the information must comply with the requirement and be advised that the information must be provided for the effective management of infectious diseases; and
b: nothing in this section limits the right of an individual to access or disclose information about him or her under that Act or any other Act.
92K: Direction for medical examination
1: This section applies if a medical officer of health believes on reasonable grounds that—
a: an individual may have an infectious disease (for example, because the individual has been in contact with a person who has an infectious disease); and
b: the individual’s medical practitioner or a medical officer of health has requested the individual to undergo, within a specified period, a medical examination to establish whether the individual has the infectious disease; and
c: the individual has not undergone that examination within that period; and
d: if the individual has the infectious disease, the individual poses a public health risk.
2: The medical officer of health may direct the individual to undergo 1 or more medical examinations and may specify the places where those examinations are to be conducted and the health providers who are to conduct them.
3: The medical officer of health may also direct the individual, until those examinations are completed, to—
a: participate in any of the following that are conducted by a health provider:
i: counselling:
ii: education:
iii: other activities related to the infectious disease:
b: refrain from carrying out specified activities (for example, undertaking employment, using public transport, or travelling within and outside New Zealand) either absolutely or unless stated conditions are observed:
c: refrain from going to specified places either absolutely or unless stated conditions are observed:
d: refrain from associating with specified persons or specified classes of persons:
e: take specified actions to prevent or minimise the public health risk posed by the individual:
f: stay, at all times or at specified times, at a specified place of residence, subject to specified conditions:
g: accept supervision by a named person or a person for the time being holding a named office, including, without limitation,—
i: attending meetings arranged by that person; and
ii: providing that person with information on any action, occurrence, or plan that is relevant to the public health risk posed by the individual:
h: comply with instructions to prevent the spread of the infectious disease.
4: In no case may a direction require an individual to submit to compulsory treatment.
5: Subsection (6) applies if a direction requires an individual to refrain from carrying out a specified activity either absolutely or unless stated conditions are observed and a medical officer of health believes on reasonable grounds that the persons responsible for the activity need to be informed in order to prevent or minimise the public health risk posed by the individual.
6: The medical officer of health may contact any person who occupies a position of responsibility in relation to the activity and tell that person about 1 or more of the following matters:
a: the direction:
b: the public health risk posed by the individual’s engagement in the activity:
c: ways of minimising that public health risk.
7: Any medical examination an individual is directed to undergo must be—
a: in accordance with current best practice in diagnosing the presence of, or immunity to, the infectious disease; and
b: the least invasive type of examination that is necessary to establish whether the individual has, or is immune to, the infectious disease.
8: The medical officer of health must send to the Director-General a copy of every direction given under this section.
9: Despite anything in the Privacy Act 1993, if a person requires another person to provide information under this section,—
a: the person required to provide the information must comply with the requirement and be advised that the information must be provided for the effective management of infectious diseases; and
b: nothing in this section limits the right of an individual to access or disclose information about him or her under that Act or any other Act.
92L: Direction to close educational institutions
1: This section applies if a medical officer of health believes on reasonable grounds that—
a: 1 or more persons attending an educational institution have, or may have, an infectious disease; and
b: there is a substantial risk that the infectious disease will be transmitted to other persons attending the educational institution; and
c: the risk of the infectious disease being transmitted to other persons attending the educational institution cannot be adequately managed solely by giving directions to the individual with the infectious disease.
2: The medical officer of health may give a direction to the person in charge of the educational institution to—
a: direct persons attending the educational institution to stay away from its property until further notice:
b: close part of the educational institution:
c: close the entire educational institution.
3: The medical officer of health must not give a direction under subsection (2)
4: If the Director-General so requires, the medical officer of health must send him or her a copy of all or any of the directions given by the medical officer of health under this section.
92M: Director-General may require copies of directions given under this Part
The Director-General may from time to time require a medical officer of health to provide him or her with a report on any directions given by the medical officer of health under this Part. General provisions concerning directions and notices
92N: Written directions and notices to be served on individual
1: A direction or notice under this Part must be in writing and must be served on the individual to whom it is given.
2: If the person to whom the direction or notice relates is under the age of 16 years or lacks legal capacity, a medical officer of health or a health protection officer must serve the direction or notice on the parent, guardian, or other person in charge of the person to whom the direction or notice relates.
3: However, if it is not reasonably practicable in the circumstances to serve the direction or notice on the individual in person, alternative steps must be taken to bring the direction to the attention of the individual as soon as possible.
4: In this section, notice
92O: Duration of directions
1: When giving a direction under this Part, a medical officer of health must specify the period for which the direction is to remain in effect.
2: A direction given by the medical officer of health must not remain in effect for more than 6 months, unless the direction is extended under section 92Q
3: A direction ceases to have effect at the close of the earliest of the following days:
a: the last day of the period stated in the direction or in the extension of the direction:
b: the day (if any) on which the medical officer of health rescinds the direction under section 92S:
c: the day (if any) on which the direction is cancelled on appeal under section 92T:
d: the day (if any) on which the medical examinations required by a direction under section 92K(2)
92P: Medical officer of health must review directions
A medical officer of health must—
a: regularly review each direction that is in effect in the health district or districts for which the officer is responsible; and
b: consider whether the direction is still required; and
c: rescind the direction under section 92S
d: if directed by the Director-General to do so, advise the Director-General why the direction needs to continue in effect.
92Q: Directions may be extended
1: A medical officer of health may at a reasonable time before the expiry of a direction, by notice to the individual concerned, extend the direction for a period of not more than 6 months if he or she is satisfied that the conditions for giving the direction continue to be satisfied.
2: The medical officer of health may extend the direction on 1 or more occasions.
92R: Repeated directions may be given
A direction under this Part may be given to an individual on 1 or more occasions.
92S: Directions may be varied or rescinded
A medical officer of health may at any time, by notice to the individual concerned, vary or rescind a direction previously given.
92T: Appeal against directions
1: An individual who is required to comply with a direction may appeal to the District Court against—
a: the direction, or any part of the direction:
b: a variation of the direction:
c: an extension of the direction.
2: On the appeal, the District Court may confirm, vary, or cancel the direction, variation, or extension.
3: The filing of the appeal does not affect the direction, variation, or extension unless the District Court otherwise orders.
4: A party to an appeal under this section may appeal against the court’s determination of the appeal in accordance with section 72 of the District Courts Act 1947.
92U: Confidentiality
Despite anything in the Privacy Act 1993, information provided or obtained under a direction under this Part may not be used or disclosed by anyone except for the effective management of infectious diseases, but nothing in this section limits the right of an individual to access or disclose information about him or her under that Act or any other Act. Compliance with directions
92V: Offence for failing to comply with directions
An individual commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a direction given by a medical officer of health under this Part.
92W: Offence to obstruct compliance with directions
1: This section applies to—
a: a parent, guardian, or person in charge of an individual aged under 16 years; and
b: a person in charge of an individual who is lacking in legal capacity.
2: A person to whom this section applies commits an offence who intentionally obstructs that other individual's compliance with a direction given by a medical officer of health under this Part.
3: A person who commits an offence against subsection (2)
92X: Duty of care relating to individuals under 16 years and persons lacking in legal capacity
1: This section applies to—
a: a parent, guardian, or person in charge of an individual aged under 16 years; and
b: a person in charge of an individual who is lacking in legal capacity.
2: If the individual aged under 16 years or lacking in legal capacity is suffering from any infectious disease, the person to whom this section applies must take reasonable steps and care to—
a: ensure that the individual is professionally attended by a medical practitioner, and facilitate diagnosis and treatment; and
b: prevent or minimise the risk of transmission of the disease by the individual.
3: Nothing in this section limits or affects the operation of any provisions of the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 or any other Act that are applicable to a person or individual referred to in subsection (1)
92Y: Force not permissible
In no case may force be used to secure compliance with a direction.
3: Orders
Public health orders
92Z: District Court may make public health order
On an application by a medical officer of health, the District Court may make a public health order in respect of an individual if the court is satisfied that the individual poses a public health risk.
92ZA: Public health order may impose certain requirements on individual
1: The District Court may, in making a public health order, impose on an individual any 1 or more of the following requirements the court thinks are necessary to prevent or minimise the public health risk posed by the individual:
a: to be detained, at all times or at specified times, in a hospital or other suitable place or in specified parts of the hospital or place:
b: to stay, at all times or at specified times, at a specified place of residence:
c: to refrain from carrying out specified activities (for example, undertaking employment, using public transport, or travelling within and outside New Zealand) either absolutely or unless stated conditions are observed:
d: to be supervised by a named person or by a person for the time being holding a named office, including, without limitation,—
i: attending meetings arranged by that person; and
ii: providing that person with information on any action, occurrence, or plan that is relevant to the public health risk posed by the individual:
e: after the views of the individual have been taken into account, to be subject to public health surveillance, with or without the aid of electronic communication devices, by a named person or by a person for the time being holding a named office or by a named organisation:
f: to be treated for the infectious disease by a specified health provider:
g: to participate in any of the following that are conducted by a health provider:
i: counselling:
ii: education:
iii: other activities related to the infectious disease:
h: to refrain from going to specified places either absolutely or unless stated conditions are observed:
i: to refrain from associating with specified persons or specified classes of persons:
j: to take specified actions to prevent or minimise the public health risk posed by the individual.
2: Before the court imposes a requirement of the kind described in subsection (1)(f), the court must be satisfied that, short of detaining the individual indefinitely, treating him or her is the only effective means of managing the public health risk posed by the individual.
3: If an order requires an individual to be detained in a hospital or other place operated by a district health board, the district health board must permit the individual to be detained in the hospital or place.
4: The court may impose any requirement specified in subsection (1) subject to any conditions or restrictions that the court considers appropriate.
92ZB: Matters that District Court may take into account in assessing public health risk
In assessing, for the purposes of an application for a public health order, whether an individual poses a public health risk, the District Court may, without limitation, take into account—
a: the infectious disease that the individual has or may have:
b: if the individual has had an opportunity to minimise the risk of communicating the infectious disease, whether he or she has done so, or the extent to which he or she has done so, and, in particular,—
i: if directions have been given to the individual, whether the individual has complied with, or the extent to which the individual has complied with, those directions:
ii: if a medical practitioner, medical officer of health, person acting under the direction of a medical officer of health, or health protection officer has requested the individual to take steps to prevent or minimise the risk, whether the individual has responded to those requests or the extent to which the individual has responded to those requests.
92ZC: Duration of public health order
1: When making a public health order under section 92Z
2: A public health order must not remain in effect for more than 6 months, unless the order is extended under section 92ZD
3: A public health order ceases to have effect at the close of the earliest of the following days:
a: the last day of the period stated in the order or in the extension of the order or, if no period is stated in the order, the day that is 6 months after the date on which the order is made:
b: the day (if any) on which the court cancels the order under section 92ZR:
c: the day (if any) on which the order is cancelled on appeal under section 92ZT or 92ZU:
d: the day (if any) on which the Registrar cancels the order after being satisfied that the medical officer of health has certified that the order is no longer necessary to manage the public health risk posed by the individual.
4: A requirement imposed by a public health order under section 92ZA ceases to have effect at the close of the earlier of the following days:
a: the day on which the order ceases to have effect:
b: the day (if any) on which the Registrar cancels the order after being satisfied that the medical officer of health has certified that the requirement is no longer necessary to manage the public health risk posed by the individual.
92ZD: Public health order may be extended
1: The District Court may, at a reasonable time before the expiry of a public health order made under section 92Z
2: The court may extend the public health order on 1 or more occasions.
92ZE: Relationship between directions and public health orders
1: The District Court may make a public health order that corresponds to, or differs from, any direction previously given.
2: Any direction previously given to an individual ceases to have effect when a public health order is made in respect of that individual.
3: However, the making of a public health order in respect of an individual does not of itself cancel a direction for a medical examination under section 92K section 92ZH
4: A medical officer of health may not give a direction under this Part to an individual while a public health order made in respect of that individual is in force.
5: However, nothing in this section or in any other provision of this Part requires a prior direction before a public health order may be made. Urgent public health orders
92ZF: Medical officer of health may make urgent public health order
1: This section applies if a medical officer of health believes on reasonable grounds that—
a: an individual poses a public health risk; and
b: the medical officer of health cannot adequately manage the public health risk by giving the individual a direction; and
c: to address the risk, the medical officer of health needs to take urgent action; and
d: it is not practicable to wait for the District Court to determine an application for a public health order.
2: The medical officer of health may sign and give, or authorise another person to give, the individual an urgent public health order that requires the individual to be detained at specified premises or specified parts of premises, subject to any stated conditions.
3: If the infectious disease that the individual is believed to have is not a notifiable disease, the urgent public health order must not be given to the individual without the prior approval of the Director-General.
4: The medical officer of health must write on the order the date and time it is given to the individual.
5: The medical officer of health must send to the Director-General a copy of the urgent public health order.
92ZG: Duration of urgent public health order
1: An urgent public health order has effect for 72 hours from the time that it is given to an individual.
2: However, if the District Court determines an application for a public health order in respect of the individual before the close of the 72-hour period, the urgent public health order ceases to have effect on the court’s determination of the application. Medical examination orders and orders concerning contacts
92ZH: Medical examination orders
1: The District Court may, on the application of a medical officer of health, make a medical examination order in respect of an individual if the court is satisfied that—
a: the individual may have an infectious disease (for example, because the individual is, or has been, in contact with a person who has the infectious disease); and
b: the individual’s medical practitioner or a medical officer of health has asked the individual to undergo, within a specified period, a medical examination to establish whether the individual has the infectious disease; and
c: the individual has not undergone that examination within that period; and
d: the individual poses a public health risk.
2: The medical examination order must direct the individual to undergo whatever medical examinations the medical officer of health considers necessary to establish whether the individual has the infectious disease.
3: The medical examination order may also impose on the individual, until those examinations are completed, any 1 or more of the requirements stated in section 92ZA(1)(b), (c), (d), (h), (i), and (j) that the court thinks necessary to prevent or minimise the public health risk that the individual may pose.
4: The court may impose any requirement referred to in subsection (3) subject to any conditions or restrictions that the court thinks appropriate.
5: If the court makes a medical examination order under this section, any medical examination an individual is directed to undergo must be—
a: in accordance with current best practice in diagnosing the presence of, or immunity to, the infectious disease; and
b: the least invasive type of examination that is necessary to establish whether the individual has, or is immune to, the infectious disease.
6: The medical examination order ceases to have effect when the medical examination has been completed and it has been established whether the individual has the infectious disease.
92ZI: District Court may make public health order contingent on examinations establishing infectious disease
1: When the District Court makes a medical examination order in respect of an individual, the court may also make a public health order under section 92Z.
2: The public health order—
a: must be made in accordance with section 92Z, with the court entitled to assume that the individual has the infectious disease for which he or she is to be examined; and
b: takes effect in accordance with subsection (3).
3: The public health order may provide that it takes effect only if a medical officer of health signs and dates a certificate that states that the individual has undergone the examinations in accordance with the medical examination order and that those examinations establish that the individual has the infectious disease for which he or she has been examined.
4: The order may be sealed only if the Registrar of the court has seen and filed the certificate described in subsection (3).
92ZJ: Order for contacts
1: The District Court may, on the application of a medical officer of health, make an order in respect of an individual if the court is satisfied that—
a: the individual has been in contact with a person who has, or may have, an infectious disease; and
b: if the infectious disease has been transmitted to the individual, the individual poses, or is likely to pose, a public health risk.
2: The order may impose on the individual any of the requirements stated in section 92ZA(1)(b), (c), (d), (h), (i), and (j) that the court thinks are necessary to prevent or minimise the public health risk that the individual may pose.
3: The court may impose any requirement referred to in subsection (2)
4: If the terms of the order provide that the order may be brought to an end if the medical officer of health certifies to a Registrar of the court that the order is no longer necessary to manage the public health risk posed by the individual and the Registrar is satisfied that the medical officer of health has given an appropriate certification,—
a: the Registrar must cancel the order; and
b: the order ceases to have effect on cancellation.
5: In determining, for the purposes of subsection (4), that the individual no longer poses a public health risk, the medical officer of health must have regard to any known incubation period for the infectious disease. Proceedings
92ZK: Proceedings under this Part in District Court to be heard by Family Court Judges, if practicable
1: The District Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine—
a: appeals under this Part against directions given; and
b: applications for orders made under this Part.
2: Every proceeding referred to in subsection (1) must, if practicable having regard to the time required and to the availability of Judges and court staff and resources, be heard and determined by a Family Court Judge.
3: Any District Court Judge may hear and determine a proceeding referred to in subsection (1) that cannot practicably be heard and determined by a Family Court Judge.
4: The fact that a District Court Judge exercises jurisdiction under this section is conclusive evidence of the authority of the District Court Judge to do so.
5: Appeals under this section should be heard as soon as practicable.
92ZL: Proceedings under this Part not open to public
1: Unless the Judge presiding at a hearing of a proceeding referred to in section 92ZK(1) otherwise directs, no person may be present during the hearing except the following:
a: the Judge:
b: officers of the court:
c: parties to the proceeding and their lawyers and any other person nominated by the individual who is the subject of the proceeding:
d: witnesses:
e: any other person whom the Judge permits to be present.
2: The parties or their lawyers on their behalf have the right to be heard, present evidence, and cross-examine witnesses in the proceeding.
3: A witness must leave the courtroom if asked to do so by the Judge.
4: The Judge may, by order, restrict or prohibit the public availability of all or any part of the court record and judgment.
5: This section does not limit any other power of the court to hear proceedings in private or to exclude any person from the court. 1992 No 46 s 24
92ZM: District Court may appoint lawyers to act for individuals under 16 years
Whenever an individual aged under 16 years or lacking in legal capacity is the subject of an application for an order under this Part, the District Court that hears the application may appoint a lawyer to act for the individual. General provisions concerning orders
92ZN: Application for order
1: A medical officer of health may apply to the District Court for an order under this Part in respect of an individual who the medical officer of health believes, on reasonable grounds, poses a public health risk.
2: If the infectious disease that the individual is believed to have is not a notifiable disease, the application must not be made without the prior approval of the Director-General.
3: The medical officer of health must send to the Director-General a copy of the application.
92ZO: Prior consultation with individual and individual’s family or whānau
1: If a medical officer of health is considering applying to the District Court for an order under this Part, the medical officer of health must, whenever practicable, consult the individual and may, at the officer's discretion, consult the individual’s family or whānau.
2: The purpose of consultation under subsection (1) is to enable the medical officer of health—
a: to ascertain if the need for an order can be avoided by voluntary compliance by the individual and, if the individual agrees, by any assistance on the part of the family or whānau; and
b: to ascertain, if an order is required, the extent to which the terms of the order and the way it is implemented can take into account the needs and wishes of the individual without prejudicing the protection of public health.
92ZP: Case conferences
The consultation under section 92ZO may, at the discretion of the medical officer of health, take the form of a case conference, which may be conducted by telephone or video link.
92ZQ: Medical officer of health must review orders
1: A medical officer of health must—
a: regularly review each order that is in effect in the health district or districts for which the officer is responsible; and
b: consider whether the order is still required; and
c: apply to the District Court to cancel the order under section 92ZR
d: if directed by the Director-General to do so, advise the Director-General why the order needs to continue in effect.
2: A medical officer of health may apply to the District Court for variation of an order under section 92ZR(2)
3: If, following a review, a medical officer of health wishes to apply for an extension of the duration of an order, the application must be made under section 92ZD
92ZR: District Court may cancel or vary orders
1: The District Court may, on the application of a medical officer of health or of the individual concerned, cancel an order made under this Part if the court is satisfied that the order is no longer required.
2: The court may, on the application of a medical officer of health or of the individual concerned, vary the terms of an order by making a determination that the court is otherwise authorised to make under this Part and that the court considers desirable in the circumstances.
3: If the medical officer of health applies to the court to cancel an order, the order is suspended, and the individual subject to the order ceases to be required to comply with the terms of the order until the court has determined the application to cancel the order.
4: The medical officer of health must send to the Director-General a copy of every application under this section.
5: The court may deal with an application under this section on the papers if the parties agree.
92ZS: Confidentiality
Despite anything in the Privacy Act 1993, information provided or obtained under an order under this Part may not be used or disclosed by anyone except for the effective management of infectious diseases, but nothing in this section limits the right of an individual to access or disclose information about him or her under that Act or any other Act.
4: Appeals and enforcement
92ZT: Appeals to High Court
1: A medical officer of health and an individual in respect of whom an order has been made under this Part (other than an urgent public health order made under section 92ZF) may each appeal to the High Court against the decision of the District Court.
2: The medical officer of health may appeal against the dismissal of an application under this Part or against the District Court’s refusal to make an order, or impose a requirement, sought in the application.
3: The individual may appeal against—
a: the order, or any part of the order:
b: a variation of the order:
c: an extension of the order.
4: Subject to subsection (5)
5: On the without notice application of the appellant, the District Court may order that the appellant is not required under section 74(1) of the District Courts Act 1947 to give the Registrar of the High Court security for costs.
6: Subject to section 92ZU, the decision of the High Court on an appeal to that court under this section is final.
7: The medical officer of health must send to the Director-General a copy of every notice of appeal under this section.
8: Appeals under this section should be heard as soon as practicable.
92ZU: Appeals to Court of Appeal
1: A party to any appeal under section 92ZT may, with the leave of the Court of Appeal, appeal to the Court of Appeal against any determination of the High Court on a question of law arising in that appeal.
2: On an appeal to the Court of Appeal under this section, the Court of Appeal has the same power to adjudicate on the proceedings as the High Court had.
3: The decision of the Court of Appeal on an appeal to that court under this section, and on an application to it under this section for leave to appeal, is final.
4: Appeals under this section should be heard as soon as practicable.
92ZV: Enforcement of order by medical officer of health
1: A medical officer of health may require an individual to comply with an order made under this Part that imposes requirements on the individual, and in doing so may be assisted by any number of assistants (who may be or include constables) and use any force that is reasonable in the circumstances.
2: However, in no case may force be used to require an individual to accept medical treatment.
3: The medical officer of health must promptly advise the Director-General of any force used for the purpose of requiring an individual to comply with an order.
92ZW: Offence not to comply with order
1: An individual commits an offence who, without reasonable excuse, intentionally fails to comply with an order made under this Part that is binding on the individual.
2: An individual who commits an offence against this section is liable on conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding $2,000.
3: The District Court may, instead of imposing a sentence, make an order under one or both of sections 92Z and 92ZH
4: This section does not limit the power of the District Court to punish the failure or refusal to comply with an order made by a court as a contempt of court.
92ZX: Offence to obstruct compliance with order
1: This section applies to—
a: a parent, guardian, or person in charge of an individual aged under 16 years; and
b: a person in charge of an individual who is lacking in legal capacity.
2: A person to whom this section applies commits an offence who intentionally obstructs that other individual’s compliance with an order made under this Part.
3: A person who commits an offence against subsection (2)
5: Contact tracing
92ZY: Purpose of contact tracing
The purpose of contact tracing is to obtain information about the contacts of persons with infectious diseases or suspected of having infectious diseases in order to—
a: identify the source of the infectious disease or suspected infectious disease:
b: make the contacts aware that they too may be infected, thereby encouraging them to seek testing and treatment if necessary:
c: limit the transmission of the infectious disease or suspected infectious disease.
92ZZ: What contact tracing involves
Contact tracing, in respect of an individual with an infectious disease or suspected of having an infectious disease, involves—
a: ascertaining the identity of each of the individual’s contacts; and
b: communicating with each contact, so far as this is practicable and appropriate; and
c: ascertaining the circumstances in which the infectious disease or suspected infectious disease may have been transmitted to or by the contact; and
d: providing information and advice to the contact about the risks that the contact faces because of his or her exposure to the infectious disease or suspected infectious disease, including, where appropriate, advice about—
i: medical examinations for the infectious disease or suspected infectious disease; and
ii: the risk that the contact may have transmitted the infectious disease or suspected infectious disease to others; and
iii: the risk that the contact may pose to others; and
iv: appropriate exclusion, treatment, and prophylaxis; and
e: obtaining information about the contacts of that contact, including information required under section 92ZZC
92ZZA: Who may be contact tracer
1: For the purposes of this Part, in any case involving proposed or actual contact tracing in respect of an individual, the contact tracer
a: medical officer of health:
b: health protection officer:
c: person suitably qualified in health or community work who is nominated to undertake contact tracing by a district health board or medical officer of health.
2: To avoid doubt, nothing in this Part makes it unlawful to undertake contact tracing otherwise than under this Part.
92ZZB: Appropriateness of contact tracing
1: The contact tracer may form the view that contact tracing in respect of an individual with an infectious disease or suspected of having an infectious disease should be undertaken if the contact tracer considers that the purpose of contact tracing is likely to be achieved by doing so.
2: If the contact tracer is a medical officer of health, he or she may take into account any recommendation made by the individual’s medical practitioner.
92ZZC: Duty of individual with infectious disease to provide information about contacts
1: If the contact tracer has, under section 92ZZB, formed the view that contact tracing in respect of an individual with an infectious disease or suspected of having an infectious disease should be undertaken, the contact tracer may require the individual to give the contact tracer information about the circumstances in which the infectious disease may have been transmitted to, or by, the individual.
2: Before requiring an individual under subsection (1), the contact tracer must inform the individual of the reasons for the requirement.
3: An individual with an infectious disease or suspected of having an infectious disease must, if required by the contact tracer, provide information about—
a: those people with whom he or she is, and has been, in contact:
b: the circumstances in which he or she believes he or she contracted, or may have transmitted, the infectious disease.
4: For the purposes of subsection (3)
a: the name of each contact:
b: the age of each contact:
c: the sex of each contact:
d: the address and other contact details of each contact:
e: any other information required by regulations made under this Act.
5: If the individual is under 16 years of age, or lacks legal capacity, or the individual is deceased, the contact tracer may require that the applicable one of the following persons provide the information:
a: the parent, guardian, or person in charge of the individual who is under 16 years of age:
b: the person in charge of the individual who lacks legal capacity:
c: the individual’s legal representative.
92ZZD: Consideration as to whether contact tracing can be undertaken by individual
1: Before requiring information from an individual under section 92ZZC
a: the seriousness of the public health risk posed by the individual; and
b: the ability and willingness of the individual to undertake the contact tracing.
2: If the contact tracer considers that it would be appropriate for the individual to undertake the contact tracing, the contact tracer must ask the individual to undertake the contact tracing, to the extent of the individual's ability, and to report back to the contact tracer by a time specified by the contact tracer.
92ZZE: When contact tracer may undertake contact tracing
1: This section applies whenever a contact tracer requires an individual to provide information under section 92ZZC and one of the following applies:
a: the contact tracer does not consider that it would be possible or appropriate for the individual to undertake the contact tracing; or
b: the contact tracer has asked the individual to undertake the contact tracing, and the contact tracer is not satisfied that the contact tracing has been undertaken or that it has been undertaken adequately.
2: If this section applies, the contact tracer may undertake the contact tracing.
3: The contact tracer must, wherever practicable, inform the individual of the course of action taken under subsection (2).
92ZZF: Contact tracer may require certain persons to provide information
1: For the purpose of identifying the contacts of an individual who has been given a direction under section 92ZZC, a contact tracer may approach a person specified in subsection (2)
2: The persons are—
a: the employer of the individual:
b: an educational institution attended by the individual:
c: any business or other organisation that the individual has dealt with:
d: an event co-ordinator or other person likely to have a list of persons attending an event.
3: A person referred to in subsection (2)
4: Despite anything in the Privacy Act 1993, if a person requires another person to provide information under this section,—
a: the person required to provide the information must comply with the requirement and be advised that the information must be provided for the effective management of infectious diseases; and
b: nothing in this section limits the right of an individual to access or disclose information about him or her under that Act or any other Act.
92ZZG: Duty of confidentiality
1: A contact tracer who approaches a contact under this Part or approaches a person under section 92ZZF
a: transmitted the infectious disease to the contact; or
b: exposed the contact to the risk of contracting the infectious disease.
2: Despite anything in the Privacy Act 1993, information provided or obtained by a contact tracer under this Part may not be used or disclosed by anyone except for the effective management of infectious diseases, but nothing in this section limits the right of an individual to access or disclose information about him or her under that Act or any other Act.
92ZZH: Offence to fail to comply with direction to provide required information about contacts
1: A person commits an offence who, having been required to provide information under section 92ZZC or 92ZZF
a: without reasonable excuse, fails to give the required information; or
b: intentionally omits any part of that information or gives any information that the person knows to be false.
2: A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.
12: Section 117 amended (Regulations as to public health)
1: After section 117(1)(d)
da: the management of persons with, or suspected of having, infectious diseases, including persons subject to an urgent public health order or a court order under Part 3A
2: After section 117(1)(h)
ha: the identification of, and communication with, contacts of persons with, or suspected of having, infectious diseases:
3: In section 117(1)(r) the notifications prescribing the form and content of
4: After section 117(1)(r)
ra: prescribing identifying information for the purpose of section 74 (3C)(b)
rb: prescribing, for the purposes of section 115
i: in the case of an individual, may not exceed $1,000:
ii: in the case of a body corporate, may not exceed $5,000:
rc: prescribing, for the purposes of section 116A section 116A
13: Section 125 amended (Medical examination of children)
1: In section 125(1) child care centre early childhood education and care centre
2: In section 125(1) private school a child care centre an early childhood education and care centre
3: In section 125(2) child care centre early childhood education and care centre
14: Schedule 1 amended
1: In Schedule 1, Part 1, section B
2: In Schedule 1, Part 1, section B Tuberculosis
3: In Schedule 1, Part 1, after section B
Section C: Infectious diseases notifiable to medical officer of health without identifying information of patient or deceased person
4: In Schedule 1, Part 1 Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Gonorrhoeal infection Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection Syphilis
5: In Schedule 1, Part 2
a: Gonorrhoeal infection; and
b: Syphilis; and
c: Venereal granuloma.
6: In Schedule 1, Part 2 Chlamydia Soft chancre Venereal granuloma ( Lymphogranuloma venereum or granuloma inguinale Venereal warts Consequential repeal and revocations
15: Repeal of Tuberculosis Act 1948
The Tuberculosis Act 1948 2017-01-04 Tuberculosis Act 1948
16: Revocation of Tuberculosis Regulations 1951
The Tuberculosis Regulations 1951 2017-01-04 Tuberculosis Regulations 1951
17: Food Hygiene Regulations 1974 amended
Regulation 19(10) 2017-01-04 Food Hygiene Regulations 1974
18: Health (Infectious and Notifiable Diseases) Regulations 1966 amended
Regulation 3 2017-01-04 Health (Infectious and Notifiable Diseases) Regulations 1966
19: Revocation of Venereal Diseases Regulations 1982
The Venereal Diseases Regulations 1982 2017-01-04 Venereal Diseases Regulations 1982
20: District Courts Rules 2014 amended
1: In rule 20.13(1)(o) section 126 Part 3A
2: Rule 20.13(1)(x) 2017-01-04 District Courts Rules 2014
21: Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Regulations 2005 amended
In regulation 5(h)
h: is residing in a hospital or other place of residence as a result of the making of a direction or an order under section 92I(4)(f), 92J(4)(f), 92K(3)(f), 92ZA(1)(a) or (b), or 92ZJ(2) 2017-01-04 Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Regulations 2005
2: Artificial UV tanning services
22: New Part 5 inserted
After section 112ZP
5: Artificial UV tanning services
Preliminary provision
113: Interpretation
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,— approved evidence of age document artificial UV tanning services UV Ban on provision of services to persons under 18 years
114: Ban on providing artificial UV tanning services to persons under 18 years
1: This section applies to owners and operators of premises providing artificial UV tanning services.
2: The owner or operator must not provide artificial UV tanning services to a person under the age of 18 years.
3: A person who contravenes subsection (2)
a: in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $2,000:
b: in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
4: Subsection (2)
5: It is a defence to a charge under subsection (2)
a: before or at the time the artificial UV tanning services were provided, there was produced to the defendant a document purporting to be an approved evidence of age document; and
b: the defendant believed on reasonable grounds that the document—
i: was in fact an approved evidence of age document; and
ii: related to the person to whom the artificial UV tanning services were provided; and
iii: indicated that the person to whom artificial UV tanning services were provided was aged 18 years or over. Infringement offences
115: Infringement offences
In this section and sections 116 to 116B infringement fee (rb) infringement offence section 114
116: Commission of infringement offences
A person who is alleged to have committed an infringement offence may either—
a: be proceeded against for the alleged offence by filing a charging document under section 14 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011; or
b: be served with an infringement notice as provided for in section 116A
116A: Infringement notices
1: If a person authorised to issue infringement notices under this section observes a person committing an infringement offence, or he or she has reasonable cause to believe that such an offence is being or has been committed by that person, an infringement notice in respect of that offence may be served on that person.
2: Any person authorised to issue infringement notices under this section (not necessarily the person who issued the notice) may deliver the infringement notice (or a copy of it) to the person alleged to have committed an infringement offence personally or by post addressed to that person's last known place of residence or business.
3: An infringement notice (or a copy of it) sent to a person under subsection (2)
4: Every infringement notice must be in the prescribed form and must contain the following particulars:
a: such details of the alleged infringement offence as are sufficient fairly to inform a person of the time, place, and nature of the alleged offence; and
b: the amount of the infringement fee; and
c: the address of the place at which the infringement fee may be paid; and
d: the time within which the infringement fee must be paid; and
e: a summary of the provisions of section 21(10) of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957; and
f: a statement that the person served with the notice has a right to request a hearing; and
g: a statement of what will happen if the person served with the notice neither pays the infringement fee nor requests a hearing; and
h: any other particulars that may be prescribed.
5: If an infringement notice has been issued under this section, the procedure under section 21 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 may be used in respect of the offence to which the infringement notice relates and, in that case, the provisions of that section apply with the necessary modifications.
6: For the purposes of this section, the following persons are authorised to issue infringement notices under this section:
a: any environmental health officer:
b: any person, whether or not an employee of the Ministry or a local authority, who is authorised in writing by the Director-General to issue infringement notices under this section.
116B: Payment of infringement fees
1: Infringement fees for infringement notices issued on behalf of the Ministry are payable to the Ministry.
2: Infringement fees for infringement notices issued on behalf of a local authority are payable to the local authority.


1: Title
This Act is the Social Security (Extension of Young Persons Services and Remedial Matters) Amendment Act 2016.
2: Commencement
1: Sections 5(2) and (3) 11 12 14 to 16 17(3) 18(2) and (3) 26(1) 27 28 29(1) to (4) 31 to 34 36(3) 37 39 to 41 43 to 47
2: One or more orders may be made under subsection (1) bringing different provisions into force on different dates.
3: The rest of this Act comes into force on the day after the date on which this Act receives the Royal assent. Section 2(1) brought into force 25 October 2016 clause 2 Social Security (Extension of Young Persons Services and Remedial Matters) Amendment Act 2016 Commencement Order 2016
1: Amendments to the Social Security Act 1964
3: Principal Act
This Part amends the Social Security Act 1964 principal Act 2016-07-08 Social Security Act 1964 all except ss 5(2) and (3), 11, 12, 14 to 16, 17(3), 18(2) and (3), 26(1), 27, 28, 29(1) to (4), 31 to 34, and 36(3) OIC LI 2016/194 2016-10-25 Social Security Act 1964 ss 5(2), 11, 12, 14(2), 17(3), 26(1), 27, 28, 29(1) to (4), 31, 34, 36(3) OIC Social Security Act 1964 ss 5(3), 14(1), 15, 16, 18(2) and (3), 32, 33, 37(3) & (4), 40, 41, 43(2), 45–47; 1 or more OIC may be made
4: Section 1A amended (Purpose)
In section 1A(ca) move to move into or remain in
5: Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
1: In section 3(1) NCEA level 2 young person
a: in sections 1A(ca) and 123E, means a person who is aged at least 15 years but is under the age of 18 years; and
b: in all other cases, means a person who is aged at least 16 years but is under the age of 20 years
2: In section 3(1) young person young person
a: in sections 1A(ca) and 123E,—
i: means a person who is aged at least 15 years but is under the age of 18 years; and
ii: includes a person aged 18 years or over who continues to receive services under section 123E(2)
b: in all other cases,—
i: means a person who is aged at least 16 years but is under the age of 20 years; and
ii: includes—
A: a person aged 20 years or over in respect of whom a young parent payment continues under section 168; and
B: a person aged 20 years or over to whom obligations in section 170(1) continue to apply under section 171(5)
3: In section 3(1) young person section 171(5) or 171A(5)
6: Section 3C amended (Transitional and savings provisions relating to amendments to this Act)
In section 3C(2) The following table is small in size and has 2 columns. This table is an amendment to the table in section 3C(2) of the Social Security Act 1964 and should be read with that table to provide understanding of the context. Social Security (Extension of Young Persons Services and Remedial Matters) Amendment Act 2016 Part 5
7: Section 10A amended (Review of decisions of chief executive made under delegation by other decision makers)
In section 10A(1) The following table is small in size and has 3 columns. This table is an amendment to the table in section 10A(1) of the Social Security Act 1964 and should be read with that table to provide understanding of the context. 1 An applicant or a beneficiary A decision of the chief executive made in relation to the applicant or beneficiary under any enactment referred to in any of the paragraphs of section 12J(1) (other than a decision referred to in section 12J(2) or (3))
8: Section 10B amended (Right of appeal on medical grounds)
In section 10B(1) chief executive made in relation to the applicant or beneficiary
9: Section 12J amended (Rights of appeal)
1: In section 12J(1) Any applicant or beneficiary affected may appeal to the Appeal Authority against any decision or determination of the chief executive An applicant or beneficiary may appeal to the Appeal Authority against any decision or determination of the chief executive made in relation to the applicant or beneficiary
2: Replace section 12J(5) and (6)
5: For the purposes of subsection (1), a decision or determination is not made in relation to an applicant or a beneficiary by reason only that the decision or determination has an economic or other effect on the applicant or beneficiary.
6: A beneficiary’s spouse or partner—
a: may appeal to the Appeal Authority against a decision by the chief executive that section 83AA applies to the beneficiary in respect of a benefit apportioned under section 83(1) or (2) or against any component decision that some or all of the benefit paid to the spouse or partner—
i: is an amount in excess of the amount to which the spouse or partner is by law entitled or is an amount to which the spouse or partner has no entitlement; or
ii: is an amount obtained by fraud by the spouse or partner; but
b: may not appeal against a decision or determination of the chief executive that relates only to the temporary deferral, rate, or method or methods of debt recovery from the beneficiary.
10: Section 12S amended (Appeals to Supreme Court)
Replace section 12S(1)
1: Any party to a proceeding under section 12Q or 12R in which a determination of the High Court or the Court of Appeal has been made may apply, in accordance with the Supreme Court Act 2003, to the Supreme Court for leave to appeal against the determination.
11: Section 20D amended (Sole parent support: standard eligibility requirements)
In section 20D(1)(b) 19 years 20 years
12: Section 40D amended (Supported living payment: on ground of caring for patient requiring care: eligibility)
In section 40D(2)(b) 19 years 20 years
13: Section 82 amended (Payment of benefits)
After section 82(3)
3A: If any instalment of a benefit is payable after the beneficiary’s death, that instalment may be paid,—
a: on application by the surviving spouse or partner of the beneficiary, to that spouse or partner; or
b: if the beneficiary has no surviving spouse or partner but has a surviving dependent child, on application by the person who has the care of the child, to that person (or to another person appointed by the chief executive for the purpose) for the benefit of that child and any other surviving dependent children of the beneficiary; or
c: in any other case, in the manner in which that instalment would have been paid if the beneficiary had not died.
14: Section 88B amended (Jobseeker support: standard eligibility requirements)
1: Replace section 88B(1)(b)
b: is not in full-time employment, but would comply with subparagraphs (i) to (iv) of paragraph (a) if it were not for circumstances that would qualify the person for—
i: an exemption under section 105 from some or all work test obligations; or
ii: a deferral of work test obligations under section 88I(6A) or (6B)
2: In section 88B(2)(b) 19 years 20 years
15: Section 88D amended (Jobseeker support: ineligibility)
In section 88D(a) the situation described in section 88C(2) or (3) or if the person’s work test obligations are deferred under section 88I(6A) or (6B) regulation 3A(2)(g)
16: Section 88I amended (Jobseeker support: chief executive’s powers and duties to defer work test obligations)
After section 88I(6)
6A: The chief executive may grant to a beneficiary who is receiving jobseeker support a deferral under this section (whether or not the beneficiary has made an application for it) if the chief executive is satisfied that—
a: the beneficiary is a young person who is required to receive youth services under section 171A(2)
b: the beneficiary’s undertaking of a full-time course that will give the beneficiary credits towards NCEA level 2 or an equivalent qualification would reduce the beneficiary’s risk of long-term welfare dependency (within the meaning of section 171A
c: the deferral is necessary to enable the beneficiary to undertake that study.
6B: The chief executive may grant to an applicant for jobseeker support a deferral under this section (whether or not the person has made an application for it) for the purpose of enabling that benefit to be granted if the chief executive is satisfied that—
a: the applicant has become eligible for jobseeker support while receiving a youth payment; and
b: the applicant is a student in a full-time course of secondary instruction or tertiary education that will give the applicant credits towards NCEA level 2 or an equivalent or higher qualification that he or she commenced or was undertaking while receiving the youth payment; and
c: the deferral is necessary to enable the applicant to complete study towards that qualification.
17: Section 123E amended (Services to encourage young persons to move to education, training, and employment)
1: In the heading to section 123E move to move into or remain in
2: In section 123E(a) move into or remain in
3: In section 123E
2: If, on the date that a young person turns 18, he or she is, in the chief executive’s opinion, continuing in a course of education or training, the services referred to in subsection (1)(a) may continue to be provided to the young person until,—
a: if the course is a course of secondary instruction or if the course ends in December, the close of the following 31 March:
b: in any other case, the close of the day on which the course ends.
18: Section 123F amended (Chief executive may enter into information-sharing agreement with chief executive of Ministry of Education)
1: In section 123F(1) Ministry of Education under Part 9A of the Privacy Act 1993
2: In section 123F(1) 123E(a) 123E(1)(a) or assessing young persons’ risk of long-term welfare dependency (within the meaning of section 171A
3: In section 123F(2)(a) 123E(a) 123E(1)(a) or is required for the assessment of the young persons’ risk of long-term welfare dependency (within the meaning of section 171A
19: Sections 123G and 123H repealed
Repeal sections 123G 123H
20: Section 125A amended (Chief executive may contract with service providers)
1: In section 125A(1) provider of services— provider of all or any of the following:
2: Replace section 125A(1)(a) to (b)
a: services of a kind or description specified for the purposes of this paragraph by regulations under this Act and that are—
i: services of a kind referred to in section 123E(a) (services to encourage and help young persons to move into or remain in education, training, and employment); or
ii: services in relation to Part 5 (financial support for young people):
b: services in relation to all or any of Parts 1 to 1P and 2 (which may be, but need not be, services of a kind or description specified for the purposes of this paragraph by regulations under this Act).
21: Section 125C amended (Release of personal information to and by contracted service provider)
In section 125C(4) required by section 123G required by section 96O of the Privacy Act 1993
22: Section 125D amended (Information-sharing in relation to young persons)
In section 125D(5) required by section 123G required by section 96O of the Privacy Act 1993
23: Section 125G amended (Actions of contracted service providers to be treated for certain purposes as if actions of department)
1: In the heading to section 125G providers in relation to young persons
2: After section 125G(3)
4: In this section, contracted service provider
24: Section 125H amended (Operation of certain provisions to be reviewed after 3 years)
In section 125H(1) 123G,
25: Section 157 amended (Interpretation)
1: In section 157 NCEA level 2 young person
2: In section 157 specified beneficiary supported living payment under section 40B
26: Section 162 amended (Youth payment: continuation after age 18)
1: Replace section 162(1)(b)(i) and (ii)
i: if the course is a course of secondary instruction or if the course ends in December, the close of the following 31 March:
ii: in any other case, the close of the day on which the course ends.
2: After section 162(2)(a)
ab: a supported living payment on the ground of caring for a patient requiring care, under section 40D:
27: Section 164 amended (Young parent payment: basic criteria)
In section 164(2)(a) 18 years 19 years
28: Section 165 amended (Young parent payment: single young persons)
In section 165(4) 18 years or 19 years
29: Section 168 amended (Young parent payment: continuation after age 19)
1: In the heading to section 168 age 19 turning 20
2: In section 168(1) under 19 years under 20 years
3: In section 168(1)(a) and (b) turns 19 turns 20
4: Replace section 168(1)(b)(i) and (ii)
i: if the course is a course of secondary instruction or if the course ends in December, the close of the following 31 March; or
ii: in any other case, the close of the day on which the course ends.
5: After section 168(2)(a)
ab: a supported living payment on the ground of caring for a patient requiring care, under section 40D:
30: Section 170 amended (Youth support payments: obligations)
1: After section 170(1)(e)
ea: to give to the department or to a contracted service provider assigned to the young person (within 20 working days starting on the day after the date on which the chief executive informs the young person of the requirement) the following information:
i: details of the young person’s accommodation costs and service costs and other lawful debts and liabilities; and
ii: any other information reasonably required by the chief executive to effect money management under section 179:
2: In section 170(1)(g)(ii) information on details of
31: Section 171 amended (Obligations of spouses and partners of specified beneficiaries)
1: In the heading to section 171 Obligations of spouses Obligations of, and incentives for, spouses
2: In section 171(1) spouse, or civil union or de facto partner, spouse or partner
3: In section 171(1)(b) 60Q ; and
4: After section 171(1)(b)
c: if the person meets the criteria prescribed for the purposes of section 163 by regulations made under this Act, is entitled to receive the appropriate incentive payment (if any) stated in Schedule 26 as if he or she were receiving a youth payment.
5: In section 171(2) 18 years, has a dependent child or children, and is the spouse, or civil union or de facto partner, 19 years, has a dependent child or children, and is the spouse or partner
6: In section 171(2)(b) 60Q ; and
7: After section 171(2)(b)
c: if the person meets the criteria prescribed for the purposes of section 169 by regulations made under this Act, is entitled to receive the appropriate incentive payment (if any) stated in Schedule 26 as if he or she were receiving a young parent payment.
8: Repeal section 171(3)
9: After section 171(3)
4: If a young person is aged under 18 when the obligations in subsection (1) start to apply to him or her, those obligations continue,—
a: until the close of the day that is 6 months after the date on which the obligations start to apply to the young person, even if he or she turns 18 during that 6-month period; or
b: in the case of a young person who, on the day when he or she turns 18, is continuing in a course of education, training, or work-based learning, until,—
i: if the course is a course of secondary instruction or if the course ends in December, the close of the following 31 March; or
ii: in any other case, the close of the day on which the course ends.
5: If a young person is aged under 20 when the obligations in subsection (2) start to apply to him or her, those obligations continue,—
a: until the close of the day that is 6 months after the date on which the obligations started to apply to the young person, even if he or she turns 20 during that 6-month period; or
b: in the case of a young person who, on the day when he or she turns 20, is continuing in a course of education, training, or work-based learning, until,—
i: if the course is a course of secondary instruction or if the course ends in December, the close of the following 31 March; or
ii: in any other case, the close of the day on which the course ends.
6: Subsection (7) applies to a young person who becomes subject to obligations under subsection (1) or (2) on or after the date on which section 31
7: While a young person to whom this subsection applies is subject to obligations under subsection (1) or (2), sections 170(1)(g)(ii) and 179 apply to the young person as if he or she were receiving a youth support payment.
32: New section 171A inserted (Certain young persons may be required to receive youth services)
After section 171
171A: Certain young persons may be required to receive youth services
1: This section applies to a young person aged 18 or 19 years without dependent children who—
a: is receiving jobseeker support under section 88B in his or her own right or as the spouse or partner of the person granted the benefit; or
b: is the work-tested spouse or partner of a specified beneficiary (other than a spouse or partner described in paragraph (a)).
2: If the chief executive determines that a young person to whom this section applies is at significant risk of long-term welfare dependency, the chief executive may require the young person to receive services of a kind referred to in section 125A(1)(a)(ii) ( youth services
3: In exercising the discretion under subsection (2), the chief executive may consider factors that affect the ability of the department to provide the young person with youth services (for example, funding and capacity to provide the services in the young person’s area).
4: However, before requiring the young person to receive youth services, the chief executive must take reasonable steps to consult the young person about—
a: the young person’s risk of long-term welfare dependency; and
b: the proposal to require the young person to receive youth services.
5: A requirement under subsection (2) that is placed on a young person who is aged 19 at the time the requirement is made continues—
a: until the close of the day that is 6 months after the date on which the requirement was placed on the young person, even if he or she turns 20 during that 6-month period; or
b: in the case of a young person who, on the day when he or she turns 20, is continuing in a course of education, training, or work-based learning, until,—
i: if the course is a course of secondary instruction or if the course ends in December, the close of the following 31 March:
ii: in any other case, the close of the day on which the course ends.
6: The following apply to a young person who is required to receive youth services under subsection (2) as if the person’s jobseeker support, or the portion of the jobseeker support or the specified beneficiary’s benefit payable to the young person under section 83, were a youth payment:
a: the obligations in section 170(1)(b) and (d) to (g) in addition to his or her work test obligations or obligations under section 60Q:
b: sections 163(2) and 178 as if the appropriate incentive payments were those set out in items 7 and 8 of Schedule 26:
c: section 176(4):
d: sections 179 and 181:
e: regulations 4 and 5 and Part 2 of the Social Security (Criteria for Incentive Payments and Money Management) Regulations 2012.
7: The chief executive may from time to time review a requirement placed on a young person under subsection (2) and may confirm or revoke it.
8: In this section, risk of long-term welfare dependency
33: Section 172 amended (Department to explain obligations to young person)
In section 172 170 or 171 170, 171, or 171A
34: New sections 174A and 174AB inserted
After section 174
174A: Sanctions for failure by young spouse or partner of specified beneficiary to comply with obligations
1: Subsection (2) applies to a young person—
a: who is—
i: aged 16 or 17 years, without dependent children, and is the spouse or partner of a specified beneficiary; or
ii: aged 16 to 19 years, with a dependent child or children, and is the spouse or partner of a specified beneficiary; and
b: whose benefit is subject to money management.
2: If a young person to whom this subsection applies fails, without good and sufficient reason, to comply with an obligation under section 170 placed on him or her by section 171(1)(a), the sanctions in section 173 apply (and sections 175 and 176 apply) as if the young person’s benefit were a youth support payment.
3: Subsection (4) applies to a young person—
a: who is—
i: aged 16 or 17 years, without dependent children, and is the spouse or partner of a specified beneficiary; or
ii: aged 16 to 19 years, with a dependent child or children, and is the spouse or partner of a specified beneficiary; and
b: whose benefit is not subject to money management.
4: A failure, without good and sufficient reason, by a young person to whom this subsection applies to comply with any of the obligations placed on the young person under section 171(1) or (2),—
a: for a young person who would, but for section 171(1)(b) or (2)(b), be subject to the work test, is a failure to comply with the work test for the purposes of section 117; and
b: for a person who would, but for section 171(1)(b) or (2)(b), be subject to obligations under section 60Q, is a failure to comply with section 60Q(2) for the purposes of section 116B; and
c: for a young person who is subject to a sanction under section 117, also results in—
i: suspension of the young person’s incentive payments (if any) (if that sanction is a reduction or suspension of the young person’s benefit) until the young person recomplies; or
ii: cancellation of the young person’s incentive payments (if any) (if that sanction is the cancellation of the young person’s benefit).
174AB: Sanctions for failure by young person required to receive youth services to comply with obligations
1: Subsection (2) applies to a young person—
a: who has been required to receive youth services under section 171A(2)
b: whose benefit is subject to money management under section 179.
2: If satisfied that a young person to whom this subsection applies has, without good and sufficient reason, failed to comply with an obligation placed on him or her by section 171A(6)(a)
3: Subsection (4) applies to a young person—
a: who has been required to receive youth services under section 171A(2)
b: whose benefit is not subject to money management under section 179.
4: If satisfied that a young person to whom this subsection applies has, without good and sufficient reason, failed to comply with an obligation placed on him or her by section 171A(6)(a)
a: in the case of a young person who is subject to the work test, treat the failure as a failure to comply with the work test for the purposes of section 117; and
b: in the case of a young person who is subject to obligations under section 60Q, treat the failure as a failure to comply with section 60Q(2) for the purposes of section 116B; and
c: in the case of a young person who is subject to a sanction under section 117,—
i: suspend the young person’s incentive payments (if any) (if that sanction is a reduction or suspension of the young person’s benefit) until the young person recomplies; or
ii: cancel the young person’s incentive payments (if any) (if that sanction is the cancellation of the young person’s benefit).
35: Section 179 amended (Money management in relation to youth support payments: general)
1: Repeal section 179(4)(b)
2: After section 179(11)
12: Subsection (13) applies to a young person if—
a: the young person ceases to be subject to money management under this section; and
b: the young person has a payment card, voucher, or device to which an amount or amounts payable to the young person have been credited for the purchase of goods or services; and
c: the amount on the card, voucher, or device has not been fully spent.
13: On application by a young person to whom this subsection applies, the chief executive may—
a: cancel the young person’s payment card, voucher, or device; and
b: pay the amount standing to the credit of the young person on the payment card, voucher, or device (after the deduction of any debt recoverable from the young person) to the young person in accordance with section 82(3).
36: Schedule 32 amended
1: In the heading to Schedule 32 Transitional Validation, transitional,
2: In Schedule 32, after Part 4
5: Social Security (Extension of Young Persons Services and Remedial Matters) Amendment Act 2016
22: Validation of certain payments made after death of beneficiary
1: In this clause, commencement date section 13
2: Any of the following payments of a benefit after the beneficiary’s death, made on or after 28 September 1982 and before the commencement date, were validly made:
a: a payment to the estate of the deceased beneficiary:
b: a payment to the surviving spouse or partner of the deceased beneficiary (whether or not the spouse or partner applied for payment):
c: a payment to or for the benefit of a surviving child of the deceased beneficiary (whether or not an application for payment was made by or on behalf of that child or the child’s principal caregiver).
23: Validation of other payments
1: In this clause, commencement date section 35
2: This clause applies to any payment before the commencement date of an amount standing to the credit of a young person on a payment card, voucher, or device in the circumstances and manner described in section 179(12) and (13)
3: The payment must be taken to be, and to always have been, valid and authorised as if section 179(12) and (13)
3: In Schedule 32
24: Transfer to young parent payment on commencement date, and savings
1: In this clause, commencement date section 11
2: This subclause applies to a sole parent aged 19 who, immediately before the commencement date, was receiving sole parent support under section 20D.
3: Despite section 20D(1)(b) (as it is on the commencement date), a person to whom subclause (2) applies is entitled to continue to receive sole parent support until the benefit ends or expires or is for any reason cancelled or terminated.
4: This subclause applies to a person aged 19 who is the parent or step-parent of a dependent child or dependent children and who, immediately before the commencement date, was receiving jobseeker support (whether as the person granted that benefit or as the spouse or partner of the person granted the benefit) or a supported living payment under section 40D.
5: Despite section 40D(2)(b) or 88B(2)(b), a person to whom subclause (4) applies is entitled to continue to receive the appropriate benefit referred to in that subclause until the benefit ends or expires, or is for any reason cancelled or terminated.
6: This subclause applies to a person aged 19 who is—
a: a sole parent; or
b: a parent or step-parent of a dependent child or dependent children, and whose spouse or partner is aged not more than 19.
7: On or after the commencement date, the chief executive must determine, in accordance with the applicant’s entitlement before the commencement date, an application by a person to whom subclause (6) applies for sole parent support or a supported living payment under section 40D or jobseeker support that—
a: was made (but not decided or determined by the chief executive) before the commencement date; or
b: is made on or within 1 month after the commencement date.
8: For the purpose of subclause (7), an application is made on the earlier of—
a: the date on which it is received; and
b: the date on which it is treated under section 11D(7) as being received.
9: If it is determined that, before the commencement date, the applicant was entitled to a benefit referred to in subclause (7), the applicant must be treated as a person to whom subclause (2) or (as the case requires) (4) applies.
10: If it is determined that the applicant had no entitlement to a benefit referred to in subclause (7), the applicant’s application must be treated,—
a: in the case of a sole parent, as an application for a young parent payment under sections 164 and 165; or
b: in any other case, as applications by both the applicant and his or her spouse or partner for a young parent payment under sections 164 and 166.
25: Saving of existing information-sharing agreement
1: In this clause, commencement date section 18
2: An information-sharing agreement made under section 123F before the commencement date is taken from the commencement date to be an approved information-sharing agreement made under Part 9A of the Privacy Act 1993 and to have satisfied the requirements of section 96O of that Act.
26: Obligations of spouses or partners of specified beneficiaries
1: In this clause, commencement date section 25
2: This subclause applies to a young person who, immediately before the commencement date, is aged 18 years, has a dependent child or children, and is the spouse or partner of a specified beneficiary (as defined in section 157) who is aged 20 years or older.
3: Despite section 171(2) and (4) (as it is on the commencement date), a young person to whom subclause (2) applies ceases to be subject to the obligations specified in that section on the day that he or she attains the age of 19 years.
4: This subclause applies to a young person who is the parent or step-parent of a dependent child or dependent children and who is the spouse or partner of a specified beneficiary (as defined in section 157) and who, immediately before the commencement date, is aged 19 years.
5: Despite section 171(3) and (5), a young person to whom subclause (4) applies is not subject to the obligations specified in section 171.
2: Amendments to other enactments
37: Social Security (Effect of Absence of Beneficiary from New Zealand) Regulations 2013 amended
1: This section amends the Social Security (Effect of Absence of Beneficiary from New Zealand) Regulations 2013
2: After regulation 6(c) Other obligations of young persons
d: in the case of a young person who is the spouse or partner of a specified beneficiary (within the meaning of section 157 of the Act), the obligations in section 171 of the Act:
e: in the case of a young person who is required, under section 171A
3: In regulation 7(4)(a) section 171 section 171 or 171A
4: In regulation 7(4)(c) section 170 or 171 section 170, 171, or 171A OIC LI 2016/194 2016-10-25 Social Security (Effect of Absence of Beneficiary from New Zealand) Regulations 2013 (1) & (2) only OIC Social Security (Effect of Absence of Beneficiary from New Zealand) Regulations 2013 (3) & (4)
38: Social Security (Contracts and Information Sharing with Service Providers) Regulations 2012 amended
1: This section amends the Social Security (Contracts and Information Sharing with Service Providers) Regulations 2012
2: In regulation 3(1) young person 2016-07-08 Social Security (Contracts and Information Sharing with Service Providers) Regulations 2012
39: Amendments to Social Security (Criteria for Incentive Payments and Money Management) Regulations 2012
Sections 40 to 43 Social Security (Criteria for Incentive Payments and Money Management) Regulations 2012 2016-07-08 Social Security (Criteria for Incentive Payments and Money Management) Regulations 2012 s 42 OIC LI 2016/194 2016-10-25 Social Security (Criteria for Incentive Payments and Money Management) Regulations 2012 s 43(1) OIC Social Security (Criteria for Incentive Payments and Money Management) Regulations 2012 ss 40, 41, 43(2)
40: Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation)
In regulation 3(1) specified payment
v: if the young person has been required to receive youth services under section 171A(2)
A: jobseeker support payable to the young person under section 82 or 83 of the Act; or
B: a portion of a benefit (other than jobseeker support) referred to in the definition of specified beneficiary in section 157 of the Act payable to the young person under section 83 of the Act
41: New regulation 6A inserted (When young person required to receive youth services meets criteria for return of incentive payments)
After regulation 6
6A: When young person required to receive youth services meets criteria for return of incentive payments
1: Despite regulation 4, a young person required to receive youth services under section 171A(2)
a: he or she met the criteria for that payment while receiving a youth support payment; and
b: the incentive payment was suspended under section 173(1)(a) or 174(1)(a) of the Act because the young person failed to comply with 1 or more obligations placed on the young person under section 170 of the Act; and
c: before the young person satisfied the requirement to comply with the 1 or more obligations, he or she stopped receiving a youth support payment; and
d: after being required to receive youth services, the young person satisfies those 1 or more obligations (in the manner specified in section 176(1) of the Act) as if the young person were receiving a youth payment.
2: Despite regulation 5, a young person required to receive youth services under section 171A(2)
a: he or she met the criteria for that payment while receiving a youth support payment; and
b: the incentive payment was suspended under section 173(1)(a) or 174(1)(a) of the Act because the young person failed to comply with 1 or more obligations placed on the young person under section 170 of the Act; and
c: before the young person satisfied the requirement to comply with the 1 or more obligations, he or she stopped receiving a youth support payment; and
d: after being required to receive youth services, the young person satisfies those 1 or more obligations (in the manner specified in section 176(1) of the Act) as if the young person were receiving a youth payment.
42: Regulation 7 amended (When money management applies)
1: Replace regulation 7(1)(b)
b: the young person has given to the department or to his or her contracted service provider the information required under section 170(1)(ea)
2: Replace regulation 7(2)
2: Until the information required under section 170(1)(ea)
43: Regulation 10 amended (When young person may opt out of money management)
1: In regulation 10(2)(a) 19 years 20 years
2: After regulation 10(2), insert:
2A: A young person required to receive youth services under section 171A(2)
a: he or she is 20 years or older; and
b: the requirement is being continued under section 171A(5)(b)
44: Social Security (Monetary Benefits) Regulations 2007 amended
1: This section amends the Social Security (Monetary Benefits) Regulations 2007
2: In regulation 6(1)(b) in accordance with section 80BD(4) of the Act in accordance with section 82(3A) OIC LI 2016/194 2016-10-25 Social Security (Monetary Benefits) Regulations 2007
45: Amendments to Social Security (Exemptions under Section 105) Regulations 1998
Sections 46 47 Social Security (Exemptions under Section 105) Regulations 1998 OIC Social Security (Exemptions under Section 105) Regulations 1998
46: Regulation 3A amended (Exemption from obligations under section 60Q)
1: In regulation 3A(2)(f)(iv) court. court; or
2: After regulation 3A(2)(f)
g: the person—
i: is a young person in receipt of jobseeker support who is required to receive youth services under section 171A(2)
ii: has been granted under section 88I(2) or (6) of the Act a deferral of work test obligations because of sickness, injury, or disability; and
iii: would have a reduced risk of long-term welfare dependency if he or she were to undertake a full-time course that would give him or her credits towards NCEA level 2 or an equivalent qualification, and the exemption is necessary to enable the person to undertake that course of study.
47: New regulation 8D inserted (Exemption from obligations under section 171A: young persons required to receive youth services)
After regulation 8C
8D: Exemption from obligations under section 171A: young persons required to receive youth services
1: This regulation applies to any young person who has been required by the chief executive to receive youth services under section 171A(2)
2: Any young person to whom this regulation applies may apply under section 105 of the Act to be exempted from some or all of his or her obligations under section 171A(6)(a)
48: Amendment to Privacy Act 1993
1: This section amends the Privacy Act 1993
2: In Schedule 2A Schedule 2016-07-08 Privacy Act 1993