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Changes to the Exemption for Ex Gratia and Compensation Payments

29 July 2019.

Cabinet has agreed to amend the Social Security Regulations 2018 and the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Regulations 2018 to extend the exemption for ex gratia and compensation payments in recognition of harm to defined New Zealand-based non-Crown entities and remove the 12-month time limit to create a permanent exemption.

Coversheet - Changes to the Exemption for Ex Gratia and Compensation Payments (PDF 72.13KB)
Report - Treatment of ex gratia and compensation payments as income and cash assets (PDF 2.02MB)
Report - Further information on the treatment of ex gratia and compensation payments as income and cash assets (PDF 1.9MB)
Aide memoire - Changes to the Exemption for Ex Gratia and Compensation Payments (PDF 311.75KB)
Report - Amendment to Direction in Relation to Special Benefit - Ex gratia and compensation payments exemption (PDF 675.3KB)
Cabinet paper - Changes to the Exemption for Ex Gratia and Compensation Payments (PDF 245.91KB)
Cabinet minute - SWC-19-MIN-0060 (PDF 127.64KB)
Cabinet minute - CAB-19-MIN-0288 (PDF 124.82KB)
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