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13.4.4 Grants under clause 13.4.1 may be made in respect of the medical treatment overseas of more than one member of an immediate family.

Other Grants

14. Other Emergency Grants

14.1 If the chief executive considers that special circumstances exist, the chief executive may make a recoverable or non-recoverable grant of not more than $200 towards the cost of any item or any service if the chief executive considers that without that item or service, the applicant, or the applicant’s spouse or a dependent child, would suffer serious hardship.

14.2 Grants under clause 14.1 may be made in respect of each member of an immediate family.

14.3 In deciding whether a grant made under clause 14.1 will be recoverable or non-recoverable, the chief executive must have regard to the following matters—

(a) the purpose of the grant;

(b) the nature of the need;

(c) whether it would be equitable with other applicants to require or not to require repayment; and

(d) the effect on the applicant of requiring or not requiring repayment of the grant.

Definitions dependent child, chief executive, spouse, Social Security Act 1964, s. 3

Part 5

Payments to People in Specific Circumstances

15. Re-establishment Costs

15.1 Refugees

15.1.1 If a refugee has ceased to be entitled to other forms of government assistance accorded to refugees, the chief executive may make—

(a) recoverable grants not exceeding $800 in total for accommodation, bond or rent in advance; or

(b) non-recoverable grants not exceeding $1,200 in total, (the total amount to be increased by $100 for every dependent child of the applicant after the second such child) for one or more of the following purposes—

(i) to purchase beds, bedding and essential appliances;

(ii) the cost of connecting telephone, electricity and gas;

(iii) clothing requirements;

(iv) the cost of, including the transport costs of, attending English language classes;

(v) translation costs for work related documents; or

(c) any combination of grants under (a) and (b).

15.1.2 A grant under clause 15.1.1 may be made only if the application is lodged within 1 year of the refugee’s first arrival in New Zealand except that a grant for the purpose stated in clause 15.1.1 (b) (iv) may be made if the application is lodged within 2 years of the refugee’s first arrival in New Zealand.

15.1.3 The chief executive may make more than one grant for the purposes stated in clause 15.1.1 within the appropriate time period stated in clause 15.1.2, but the total amount of the grants are not to exceed the total of the amounts stated in clause 15.1.1.

15.1.4 For the purposes of clauses 15.1.1 and 15.1.2, Refugee means a person lawfully in New Zealand whose refugee status has been recognised by—

(a) the Minister of Immigration or an immigration officer appointed under the Immigration Act 1987; or

(b) the Refugee Status Appeals Authority; or

(c) a Court on appeal or by way of judicial review from the decision of that Minister or an immigration officer or that authority.

15.2 Sole Parents

15.2.1 If a sole parent—

(a) is the victim of family violence; and

(b) is being assisted by a social service agency to relocate after initial separation; and

(c) has no other resources,

the chief executive may make the following grants—

(d) a recoverable grant of not more than $800 for accommodation, bond or rent in advance; or

(e) a non-recoverable grant of not more than $600 for beds, bedding and essential appliances, and for the costs of connecting telephone, electricity and gas; or

(f) any combination of grants under (d) and (e).

15.2.2 The chief executive may make more than one grant for the purposes stated in clause 15.2.1 during a 52 week period.

15.3 Long Term Patients Resettling in the Community

15.3.1 If a person has lived in a hospital, hospital unit or residential home as a patient for the preceding 6 months or more, and is resettling into the community, the chief executive may make—

(a) a recoverable grant of not more than $800 for accommodation, bond or rent in advance; or

(b) a non-recoverable grant of not more than $1,200 for beds, bedding and essential appliances, the cost of connecting the telephone, electricity or gas, clothing and toiletry items; or

(c) any combination of grants under (a) and (b).

15.3.3 The chief executive may make more than one grant under clause 15.3.1 in a 52 week period but the total of such grants may not exceed $2,000.

15.4 Steps to Freedom Payments for Released, Sentenced and Remand Prisoners

15.4.1 The chief executive may, on the applicant’s release, make a non-recoverable grant of $350 to an applicant who has been imprisoned or held in custody on remand for 31 days or more, the amount of the grant to be reduced by any amount held by the prisoner or other custodian on the applicant’s behalf (including any amount held in the prisoner’s trust account, canteen account or earnings account).

15.4.2 Grants under clause 15.4.1 may be made in respect of more than one member of an immediate family.

Definitions dependent child, chief executive, sole parent, Social Security Act 1964, s. 3

16. Beneficiaries Transferring Between Benefits

16.1 The chief executive may make a non-recoverable grant to an applicant who—

(a) is in receipt of a benefit under the Act; and

(b) is transferring to New Zealand Superannuation; and

(c) requires assistance to make that transfer.

16.2 The amount of a grant made under clause 16.1 is to be no more than the total of—

(a) the equivalent of one week’s amount of the benefit that applicant was entitled to receive immediately before transferring to New Zealand Superannuation; and

(b) one week’s accommodation supplement or other supplementary assistance under the Act that he or she was entitled to receive before the transfer.