Social Security (Accommodation Supplement) Amendment Bill

Government bill

About this bill

This bill clarifies eligibility for, and the rate of, an accommodation supplement for a community spouse or partner who is not receiving long-term residential care in a hospital or rest home and whose spouse or partner is receiving long-term residential care.
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: Social Security (Accommodation Supplement) Amendment Bill (legislation.govt.nz)
Act text: Social Security (Accommodation Supplement) Amendment Act 2022 (legislation.govt.nz)
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Member responsible

Carmel Sepuloni
Carmel Sepuloni

Labour MP for Kelston

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
24 November 2022
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2nd reading
Passed
24 November 2022
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3rd reading
Passed
24 November 2022
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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 over 2 years ago.
(23 March 2023 at 00:02 GMT+00:00)