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Jurisdiction – issue raised at hearing around quantum of debt to Ministry in addition to reparation ordered by the District Court. Authority has no power to review a sentence imposed by the District Court. Appellant failed to identify issue within jurisdiction of the Authority. Outcome: appeal struck out.
Emergency Housing Grant – appeal against the decision to decline to pay an Emergency Housing Grant. Accommodation offered was not a suitable option for the appellant and her daughter because it did not comply with the Ministry’s guidelines that hostels are not suitable for children. Ministry had previously approved the appellant’s chosen hotel. Outcome: appeal
Advance payment of benefit – appeal of decision to pay to top up appellant’s bus pass by way of advance payment of benefit rather than a non-recoverable grant. Whether appellant’s circumstances met requirement for non-recoverable grant of assistance at time of application. Outcome: appeal dismissed.
Non-beneficiary accommodation supplement – appeal against decision to cancel appellant’s accommodation supplement. Whether the appellant’s income qualified her for an accommodation supplement. Whether the appellant’s status as a student disqualified her from the accommodation supplement. Authority satisfied that, given the appellant’s circumstances, she was not enrolled in full-time course. Outcome: appeal allowed.
Superannuation - appeal against decision to decline application for New Zealand superannuation. Appellant was not eligible for New Zealand Superannuation on the date of his application because he did not meet the requirements in s 8(b) of the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001. Outcome: appeal dismissed.
Supported Living Payment - appeal against decision of the Ministry of Social Development to recover an overpayment. Whether overpayment established. Appellant believed she was providing the correct information. Inequitable for the Ministry to recover the overpayment. Outcome: appeal upheld.
New Zealand Superannuation – appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee. Applicant’s entitlement to New Zealand Superannuation falls under Social Welfare (Reciprocity with Canada) Order 1996. No basis on which to apply discretion when determining appeal. Outcome: appeal dismissed.
Increase to Income Related Rent - appeal of a decision of the Benefits Review Committee. Discretion available to the Ministry to take employment-related travel costs into account when calculating assessable income. Outcome: appeal upheld.
Accommodation Supplement, Temporary Additional Support – appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee. The Ministry established that the appellant was receiving the accommodation supplement at the maximum rate available, and had cash assets exceeding the limit capping entitlement to any Temporary Additional Support. Outcome: appeal dismissed.
New Zealand Superannuation – appeal against a Benefits Review Committee decision declining Appellant Superannuation because she did not meet minimum time she needed to have been “resident and present” in New Zealand. Outcome: appeal dismissed.
Training Incentive Allowance Application – whether Authority can consider entitlement to forms of assistance other than payment of course fees. Outcome: appeal dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
Appeal against a Benefits Review Committee decision concerning the requirement to establish a grant for Child Disability Allowance (CDA) under s 39A of the Act. The Ministry established the diagnosis required to establish entitlement to CDA was made in 2012 and not from the date of the appellant’s daughter’s birth in 2011. Outcome: Appellant not entitled to CDA prior to 10 April 2012. Appeal dismissed.
Recoverable Assistance Payment - appeal against decision of Benefit’s Review Committee. Evidence does not support appellant’s claim the loan was intended to meet immediate and essential need. Appeal dismissed.
New Zealand Superannuation - application to appeal out of time against a Benefits Review Committee decision. Section 70 of the Social Security Act 1964. Outcome: application dismissed.
Superannuation - Appellant appeals decision of the Ministry of Social Development to recover a debt from his superannuation. Appeal struck out. Ministry of Social Development entitled to recover sum from appellant
New Zealand Superannuation – appeal against a Benefits Review Committee decision – was appellant entitled to superannuation for the first 26 weeks of his absence from New Zealand. Outcome: appeal dismissed.
New Zealand Superannuation - appeal against decision that payments commenced from the date of application, not the earlier date of the appellant's entitlement. Held that s 80AA of the Social Security ACt 1964 did not apply as there was no error on the part of the Ministry. Outcome: appeal dismissed.
Decision on jurisdiction - appellant appealing determination that she had been overpaid benefits as she was in a relationship in the nature of marraige at the relevant time. Principles of res judicata and issue estoppel in play as a District Court has already determined this matter. Outcome: appeal date to be set, though no live issues currently identified by appellant.
Jobseeker Support - appeal against overpayment decision. Appellant's partner received weekly ACC compensation - effect of mandatory provision in s 71A Social Security Act 1964, whcih requires any weekly compensation to be directly deducted, at a dollar for dollar rate, from income-tested benefits. Outcome: appeal dismissed as legislation allows no alterbatuve outcome.
Job Seeker Support - appeal against a decision to stop payments. Outcome: appeal dismissed.
New Zealand Superannuation - rehearing of appeal [2018] NZSSAA 10, following the High Court decision to allow an appeal by consent. Appeal against a decision that the appellant has not been ordinarily resident in New Zealand since 2004, and so not entitled to New Zealand Superannuation. Outcome: appeal allowed.
New Zealand Superannuation - appeal against a decision of a Benefits Review Committee - was appellant's superannuation correctly terminated due to him not being ordinarily resident on the dates in question? Outcome: appeal dismissed.
Residential Care Subsidy - appeal against a Benefit Review Committee decision regarding the appellant's eligibility for the Residential Care Subsidy. Outcome: appeal allowed.
Special Needs Grant – appeal against decision to decline application for a Special Needs Grant of $20 for food assistance. Appeal dismissed. Accepted that while socialising with friends at cafés and keeping birds enhance the appellant’s mental health and wellbeing, such activities are not essential expenses.
Appeal against a Benefits Review Committee decision concerning benefit entitlements, income and asset testing. Interim decision to determine what income and assets the appellant had, and how that affected her benefit entitlement. Ministry to clarify its position in regards to the application of the asset tests before hearing can be completed.