The Social Security (Subsequent Child Policy Removal) Amendment Bill contains two parts. Part 1 will amend the Social Security Act and Social Security Regulations to remove provisions relating to the policy and to make related consequential amendments. It comes into force on 8 November 2021. Part 2 sets out transitional provisions related to the removal of the policy, and it comes into force on 11 October 2021. This will allow for a 28-day transition period prior to the policy's removal, and the transition period will also extend 28 days after the policy's removal to ensure equitable access and equitable treatment across a range of timings. These transitional provisions allow the Ministry of Social Development to treat new applications or clients with a change in circumstances consistently with the removal of the policy to avoid multiple changes to their entitlements over a short period of time. This will improve the client's experience for those affected by reducing complexity for affected clients and will ensure that the treatment of specified client scenarios in the transition period aligns with the policy intent of the initiative. 