MARC details
000 -LEADER |
fixed length control field |
02993nam a2200301Ia 4500 |
001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
control field |
112829 |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
control field |
20250625151241.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
fixed length control field |
110331s2001 eng |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
WSS |
Modifying agency |
AFV |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Joychild, Frances |
9 (RLIN) |
1451 |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Report to the Minister for Social Services : |
Remainder of title |
review of Department of Work and Income implementation of the Court of Appeal decision : Ruka v Department of Social Welfare [1997] 1 NZLR 154 |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Joychild, Frances |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Wellington |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Ministry of Social Development |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2001 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
72 p. ; computer file : PDF format (404Kb) |
365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
Price type code |
00 |
Price amount |
0 |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
This report is the investigative review of the implementation of the Court of Appeal Decision of Ruka v Department of Social Welfare [1997] 1 NZLR 154. The author examines the investigation and establishment of overpayments made to individuals who were living in a marriage-type-relationship at the time of receiving benefits between November 1996 and December 2000. The author explores the usage of incorrect legal testing, Violence to Women investigations, and decision-making checks and balance weaknesses within the Department of Social Welfare (DSW). The report's principal recommendation is that all DSW decisions taken to establish overpayments against beneficiaries on the grounds that they were living in a marriage-type-relationship, between November 1996 and December 2000, be reviewed to ensure the evidence satisfied the Ruka legal test, with the exceptions of cases that went to the Social Security Appeal Authority or where the beneficiary was prosecuted for benefit fraud. The report recommends the need to refocus towards a dual emphasis in benefit crime initiatives between detection and prevention of benefit crime, and to ensure that all New Zealanders in receipt of social security are treated with dignity, respect and equality with other citizens. It recommends domestic violence education for DSW staff, as well as public education relating to benefit fraud prevention. It outlines the need for the development of DSW relationships with the community. Additional policy and legislative changes are recommended in terms of: the disestablishment of monetary target incentives for DSW investigators; the urgent clarification in legislation, reassessment and rectification of cases where non allowance of 'notional entitlement' has increased unintentional fraud debt unnecessarily; and development of a debt burden policy to beneficiaries. |
522 ## - GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE NOTE |
Geographic coverage note |
nz |
650 27 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Source of heading or term |
FVC |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE |
9 (RLIN) |
203 |
650 27 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS |
9 (RLIN) |
325 |
650 27 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Source of heading or term |
FVC |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
JUSTICE |
9 (RLIN) |
333 |
650 27 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Source of heading or term |
FVC |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
POLICY |
9 (RLIN) |
447 |
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
SOCIAL SERVICES |
9 (RLIN) |
555 |
650 27 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
SOCIAL WELFARE |
9 (RLIN) |
559 |
650 27 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Source of heading or term |
FVC |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE |
9 (RLIN) |
562 |
650 27 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
9 (RLIN) |
431 |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE |
Source of heading or term |
FVC |
650 27 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
9 (RLIN) |
336 |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
LAW |
856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://www.msd.govt.nz/documents/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/archive/2002-rukareport.pdf">http://www.msd.govt.nz/documents/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/archive/2002-rukareport.pdf</a> |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
Koha item type |
Report |