New Zealand Superannuation and Veteran’s Pension Legislation Amendment Bill
Government bill
About this bill
This omnibus bill deals with social assistance for older people. The single broad policy is to modernise and simplify New Zealand superannuation and the veteran’s pension by shifting toward an assessment of entitlement on an individual basis, and improving the consistency and clarity of policy and legislation.
Act text: New Zealand Superannuation and Veteran’s Pension Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (legislation.govt.nz)
Procedural notes
- Urgency used: This bill was progressed through one or more stages using urgency. Urgency allows the Government to fast-track the legislative process by extending the sitting hours of the House of Representatives and skipping the select committee stage of a bill, and allows bills to pass through more than one stage per sitting day.
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Read the bill
Bill text: New Zealand Superannuation and Veteran’s Pension Legislation Amendment Bill (legislation.govt.nz)Act text: New Zealand Superannuation and Veteran’s Pension Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (legislation.govt.nz)
Member responsible
Progress
Enacted
This Bill has been passed by Parliament, and signed into law by the Governor-General in a step called Royal Assent. This doesn't mean that everything the Act implements has come into force yet, but it does mean that the Act is on the statute books.
Votes
1st reading
Passed
17 October 2019
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2nd reading
Passed
25 June 2020
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3rd reading
Passed
21 July 2020
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Only reading votes are shown here; these votes determine whether the Bill progresses through Parliament. Other votes, such as votes on whether to amend parts of the Bill, can be seen in Hansard.
Bill details last synced with the Parliament website about 2 years ago.
(23 March 2023 at 00:00 GMT+00:00)