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New Zealand passes urgent law to recover welfare payments from ACC recipients getting backdated compensation, ensuring fairness and ending a legal loophole.
New Zealand is introducing urgent legislation to allow the Ministry of Social Development to reclaim supplementary welfare payments from ACC recipients who receive backdated compensation, reversing a High Court ruling that blocked such recoveries.
The change aims to correct a legal inconsistency where lump-sum ACC backpay recipients were not required to repay benefits like the Winter Energy Payment, unlike those receiving ongoing ACC and welfare payments.
The government says this ensures fairness and aligns with long-standing policy intent, preventing dual income support for the same need.
The bill, fast-tracked with urgency, will be reviewed by a parliamentary select committee.
Nueva Zelanda aprueba una ley urgente para recuperar los pagos de bienestar de los beneficiarios de ACC obteniendo una compensación retroactiva, garantizando la equidad y terminando con un vacío legal.