31 AUGUST
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
2419

SCHEDULE
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT
3.2500 hectares, more or less, being all that parcel of road
situated in Blocks XV and XVI, Grey Survey District, as
shown marked A on S.O. Plan 14671.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of August 1978.

VENN YOUNG, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 16/3329; D.O. 9/40/1/6, LG 458)

In the matter of the Family Benefits (Home Ownership) Act
1964:

SPECIAL MINISTERIAL DIRECTION

To: The Social Security Commission.

I, Herbert John Walker, Her Majesty's Minister of Social
Welfare, direct you, pursuant to the powers vested in me by
section 4 of the Family Benefits (Home Ownership) Act
1964, as follows:

1. That it is the policy of Her Majesty's Government that
   those of Her Majesty's Subjects who have low incomes and
   modest means shall have priority of access to public funds
   available for housing.

2. That in furtherance of that policy when you are required
   to take into consideration, pursuant to section 10 of the
   Family Benefits (Home Ownership) Act 1964, the income and
   assets of applicants for a Certificate of Eligibility under that
   Act, or the spouse of such applicant as the case may be,
   you shall apply the following income and assets and needs
   test and, if the affairs of that applicant, or the spouse of
   that applicant as the case may be, fail to come within its
   prescription, you shall take it that that applicant, or the
   spouse of that applicant as the case may be, can reasonably
   be expected to arrange finance from another source within
   the terms of section 10 (1) (b) (i) of the Family Benefits (Home
   Ownership) Act 1964.

3. That the income assets and needs test to be applied is
   as follows:

(a) "Chargeable income" means the total gross income for
the period of 12 months immediately prior to the
date of application, divided by 52, together with the
earnings of the applicant and the spouse of the
applicant except the personal earnings of the wife
in a family where both the husband and wife have
earnings.

(b) (i) Except for seasonal workers "earnings" means the
weekly average of wages or salary and other periodic
emoluments including all supplementary taxable
payments and overtime payments paid during the
period of 12 months immediately preceding the date
of application or the actual weekly wage, salary or
other periodic emolument, including all supplemen-
tary taxable payments and overtime payments paid at
the time of application, whichever is the greater.

(ii) For seasonal workers "earnings" means the total amount
of wages, salary or other periodic emoluments includ-
ing all supplementary taxable payments and overtime
payments paid during the 12 month period im-
mediately preceding the date of application, divided
by 52.

(c) The following circumstances shall be a "special housing"
need:

(i) Where the present housing is inadequate and
there is a need for other housing, e.g. too small for
the needs of the family, derelict, etc.;

(ii) Where the present housing is damp or where
there is medical evidence that it is causing a health
hazard;

(iii) Where the family is required to vacate the
property for reasons other than non-payment of rent;

(iv) Where failure to purchase the property cur-
rently occupied would result in loss of the accommo-
dation;

(v) Where a State rental house, Government pool
house or departmental house will be vacated by the
family following the purchase of other accommo-
dation; and

(vi) Where the rental paid by the family exceeds
25 percent of the gross chargeable income of the
family including overtime and allowances.

(d) (i) The limit for chargeable income for a family with
one child shall be $125 per week, increased by $5 per
week for each additional child:

(ii) Where there is a special housing need the
limit for chargeable income shall be increased by
$10 per week.

(e) (i) The limit for the value of assets including, where
relevant, the land on which it is proposed to build
the house, owned by a family with one child shall
be $10,000 increased by $500 for each additional
child.

(ii) Where there is a special housing need the limit
for the value of assets owned shall be increased
by $3,000.

Given under my hand this 22nd day of August 1978.

H. J. WALKER, Minister of Social Welfare.

In the matter of the Social Security Act 1964:

SPECIAL MINISTERIAL DIRECTION

To: The Social Security Commission.

I, Herbert John Walker, Her Majesty's Minister of Social
Welfare, direct you, pursuant to the powers vested in me by
section 5 of the Social Security Act 1964, as follows:

1. That it is the policy of Her Majesty's Government that
   any person now being paid National Superannuation,
   pursuant to section 13 of the Social Security Act 1964, who was,
   on the 9th day of February 1977, in receipt of an Age Benefit
   pursuant to what was then section 16 of the Social Security
   Act 1974 (now repealed) shall not receive substantially less
   in a period of 12 months than that person would have received
   had the provisions for Age Benefit not been repealed.

2. That in furtherance of that policy, where it can be shown
   that any person now being paid National Superannuation
   pursuant to section 13 of the Social Security Act 1964, who was,
   on the 9th day of February 1977, in receipt of Age
   Benefit under the now repealed section 16 of the Social
   Security Act 1964 has to pay more terminal income tax for the
   year ended the 31st day of March 1978 than that person
   would have had to pay in respect of the same income, other
   than benefit, allowance, or concession or National Super-
   annuation under the Social Security Act 1964 had that person
   been able to continue receiving Age Benefit as was provided
   for by the now repealed section 16 of the Social Security Act
   1964, it will be appropriate for you to grant that person an
   additional benefit under the provisions of section 61G of the
   Social Security Act 1964.

3. That the amount you will then pay under that grant of
   additional benefit shall be an amount equal to the difference
   between the after tax income of such a person in the financial
   year ended 31 March 1978 and the after tax income that
   person would have enjoyed had he (or she) continued to
   receive Age Benefit under the now repealed provisions of
   section 16 of the Social Security Act. In computing that
   amount the value of all benefits, concessions and allowances
   or National Superannuation paid under the provision of the
   Social Security Act 1964 shall be included as income.

Given under my hand this 22nd day of August 1978.

H. J. WALKER, Minister of Social Welfare.

In the matter of the Social Security Act 1964:

SPECIAL MINISTERIAL DIRECTION

To: The Social Security Commission.

I, Herbert John Walker, Her Majesty's Minister of Social
Welfare, direct you, pursuant to the powers vested in me by
section 5 of the Social Security Act 1964, as follows:

1. That it is the policy of Her Majesty's Government that
   those persons who apply for a Domestic Purposes Benefit
   under the provisions of section 27B of the Social Security
   Act 1964, and who do not immediately qualify for that benefit
   because provision for maintenance required pursuant to
   section 27B (2) (c) of the Social Security Act 1964 has not
   been obtained, shall be required to consider conciliation of
   their matrimonial differences, and to encourage this the rate
   of benefit such applicant is paid should be something less than
   the rate which they would be entitled to under a Domestic
   Purposes Benefit granted under section 27B of the Social
   Security Act 1964.

2. In furtherance of that policy any benefit granted to such
   an applicant under section 61 of the Social Security Act 1964
   (hereinafter called an "Emergency Maintenance Allowance")
   is to be paid at a rate not less than $16 below the relevant
   standard rate for a Domestic Purposes Benefit, set out in the
   sixteenth Schedule of the Social Security Act 1964, for the
   period of 26 weeks from the grant of an Emergency
   Maintenance Allowance.

Given under my hand this 22nd day of August 1978.

H. J. WALKER, Minister of Social Welfare.