Dear Robert Latimer,

Thank you for your email received 25 July 2014, under the Official Information Act 1982. Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate officials at National office to respond. You may expect a response to be sent to you as soon as possible.
 
Regards
Official and Parliamentary Information team   |  Ministerial and Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development

Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to help themselves to be safe, strong and independent
Ko ta mātou he whakamana tangata kia tū haumaru, kia tū kaha, kia tū motuhake

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Latimer [mailto:[OIA #1841 email]]
Sent: Friday, 25 July 2014 12:48 p.m.
To: OIA_Requests (MSD)
Subject: Official Information Act request - Treatment of UK "Contracted Out" Pension Benefits

Dear Ministry of Social Development,

At a Benefits Review Committee hearing today in Orewa, Margaret Denton of your International Services Division made the statement that the Ministry had the right, under the legislation, to deduct from New Zealand Superannuation payments the amount of any pension coming from a UK Company plan that was a "contracting out" plan under the UK Supplementary Earnings Related Plan (SERPS), even though that plan was, by definition, a private plan and not a Government plan. She said that, as a matter of policy, the Ministry did not deduct these pensions from NZ Super.

Please tell me what section of the legislation would allow this deduction.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Latimer

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Dear Robert Latimer,

Please find attached the Ministry's response to your Official Information Act request of 25 July 2014.
 
Regards
Official and Parliamentary Information team   |  Ministerial and Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development

Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to help themselves to be safe, strong and independent
Ko ta mātou he whakamana tangata kia tū haumaru, kia tū kaha, kia tū motuhake

-----Original Message-----
From: OIA_Requests (MSD)
Sent: Friday, 25 July 2014 2:20 p.m.
To: 'Robert Latimer'
Subject: Your Official Information Act request - Treatment of UK "Contracted Out" Pension Benefits

Dear Robert Latimer,

Thank you for your email received 25 July 2014, under the Official Information Act 1982. Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate officials at National office to respond. You may expect a response to be sent to you as soon as possible.
 
Regards
Official and Parliamentary Information team   |  Ministerial and Executive Services Ministry of Social Development

Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to help themselves to be safe, strong and independent Ko ta mātou he whakamana tangata kia tū haumaru, kia tū kaha, kia tū motuhake

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Latimer [mailto:[OIA #1841 email]]
Sent: Friday, 25 July 2014 12:48 p.m.
To: OIA_Requests (MSD)
Subject: Official Information Act request - Treatment of UK "Contracted Out" Pension Benefits

Dear Ministry of Social Development,

At a Benefits Review Committee hearing today in Orewa, Margaret Denton of your International Services Division made the statement that the Ministry had the right, under the legislation, to deduct from New Zealand Superannuation payments the amount of any pension coming from a UK Company plan that was a "contracting out" plan under the UK Supplementary Earnings Related Plan (SERPS), even though that plan was, by definition, a private plan and not a Government plan. She said that, as a matter of policy, the Ministry did not deduct these pensions from NZ Super.

Please tell me what section of the legislation would allow this deduction.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Latimer

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