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but do not include:

(i) Any fixed charges made in respect of a line or pipe used in the domestic supply to that person of telephone service, electricity, gas, or water;

(j) The costs of any tuition the applicant or his or her spouse or any of the applicant’s dependent children is undertaking (including stationery, books, fees, or other course related costs);

(k) Any payments required to be made by the applicant or his or her spouse in respect of any debt, fine, or other liability other than the payments or repayments referred to in paragraphs (a) to (h) of this definition;

(l) Any fees charged by Post Office Bank Limited, a private savings bank, a trustee savings bank, the Public Service Investment Society Limited, a registered bank or a building society or a credit union for an account held by the applicant or the applicant’s spouse with that bank, society, building society, or credit union;

Cash assets, in relation to any person, mean assets of that person and his or her spouse (if any) that can be readily converted into cash and include:

(a) Shares, stocks, debentures, bonus bonds, and other bonds;

(b) Bank accounts, including fixed and term deposits with any bank, friendly society, credit union, or building society;

(c) Money invested with or lent to any bank or other financial institution;

(d) The net equity held in any property or land not used as the person’s home;

(e) Building society shares;

(f) Mortgage investments and other long term loans;

(g) Bills of exchange or promissory notes;

(h) The applicant’s share in any partnership;

but do not include—

(i) The motor vehicle principally used by the applicant for his or her personal use;

(j) A caravan, boat, or other vehicle—

(i) The net equity in which is less than $2,000; or

(ii) Which is used by the person or a member of his or her family for day to day accommodation;

(k) The personal effects of the person and his or her spouse (if any);

Chargeable income, in relation to an applicant, includes:

(a) The amount of any benefit granted under Part I of the Act; and

(b) Where the applicant is receiving unsupported child’s benefit or orphan’s benefit in respect of any child, the difference between—

(i) The amount of that benefit; and

(ii) The maximum amount of family support that would be payable under the Income Tax Act 1976 in respect of a child of that age as if that child was the applicant’s dependent child; and

(c) Any war pension received under the War Pensions Act 1954; and

(d) New Zealand Superannuation, Veteran’s Pension, or transitional retirement benefit received under the Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Act 1990; and

(e) Income, as defined in section 3 of the Act; and

(f) The amount of any regular payments received under any welfare programme approved under section 124 (1) (d) of the Act (other than regular payments intended to pay or reimburse specified costs of the applicant); and

(g) The amount of any child support payments—

(i) In the case of a non-beneficiary, received by the person under the Child Support Act 1991; or

(ii) In the case of a beneficiary, paid to the person by the Child Support Agency pursuant to section 142 of that Act; and

(h) The living costs component of the amount of any student allowance or student loan received by the applicant;

and includes the chargeable income, as so defined, of his or her spouse (if any);

Deficiency has the meaning in paragraph 2 of Part I of this Direction;

Disposable income, in relation to an applicant, means the applicant’s weekly chargeable income after the deduction of the applicant’s allowable costs;

Income, in paragraph 5 (c) of Part I of this Direction, means income as defined in section 3 of the Act;

Non-beneficiary means a person who is not a beneficiary;

Personal allowance means—

(a) In the case of a person with physical disabilities, $65.96;

(b) In the case of a person with psychiatric disabilities, $25.35;

(c) In the case of a person with both physical and psychiatric disabilities—

(i) $65.96 if that person’s disabilities are predominantly physical; or

(ii) $25.35 if that person’s disabilities are predominantly psychiatric;

Residential care, in respect of any person, means care received as a resident in a home either registered under section 18 of the Disabled Persons Community Welfare Act 1975 or approved by the Director-General as meeting the standards required for registration under that Act;