Tēnā koe Colin Bosley,
 
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From: Colyboz <[1][FOI #12457 email]>
Sent: Monday, 16 March 2020 7:28 PM
To: OIA_Requests (MSD) <[2][MSD request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - MSD Authority to deduct UK
Natioanl Insurance Fund supperannuation payments from NZ State Pension
 
Dear Ministry of Social Development,
 
Schedule Convention on Social Security between the Government of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of
New Zealand – 19th June 1969
 
1.      The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland and the Government of New Zealand; established a reciprocity
Agreement on Social Security dated 19 June 1969.
 
2.      The agreement extended and modified the scope of an agreement:
what was the agreement on which the changes were made in the reciprocity
Agreement and what was the requirement that gave rise to the changes?
 
3.      The reciprocity agreement does not mention the UK National
Insurance Fund (NIF); it does mention “State Pension and Benefits”
 
4.      The NIF is a sperate entity with its own employees and offices,
board of management and bank account from which the employee and employer
superannuation contributions are deposited, and superannuation payments
are made. 
 
5.      The NIF is not owned or managed by or on behalf of the UK
Government, the UK Government has no fiscal responsibility other than for
guarantees on the formation of the NIF. The NIF is self-owned and managed 
by its own independent Board of Management on behalf of the contributing
members.
 
6.      The UK Government does not make financial contributions to the NIF
other than as an employer and under any guarantees that the UK Government
made on the formation of the NIF. The NIF superannuation payment is not a
State Pension or other benefit.
 
7.      Where under the New Zealand Social Security Act 1964 Sec 70 is the
authority and understanding to deduct the NIF superannuation payment from
UK expatriates living in New Zealand, entitled to and receiving a New
Zealand State Pension.?
 
Yours Faithfully
Colin Bosley
 
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