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applicant, except where the application is made in respect of a dependent child.

19.3 An application for a grant in respect of a dependent child must be made by the child’s parent.

19.4 The chief executive may receive an application for a grant made by a person on behalf of another person if the person who would otherwise make the application is unable to do so because of sickness or disability.

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

20. Payment of Grants

20.1 Every grant made in relation to the purchase of goods and services is to be paid—

(a) to the person providing the goods or services for which the grant was made; or

(b) at the discretion of the chief executive in exceptional circumstances—

(i) to the applicant (being the person in respect of whom the application is made); or

(ii) if the applicant is a dependent child, to the child’s parent.

20.2 Every other grant is to be paid—

(a) to the applicant (being the person in respect of whom the application is made); or

(b) if the applicant is a dependent child, to the child’s parent.

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

21. Rules as to recovery

21.1 If under this programme any grant is recoverable, the amount of the grant is to be a debt to the Crown payable by—

(a) in the case where the applicant is a dependent child, that child’s parent; or

(b) in any other case, the person to whom or at whose direction the grant was paid.

21.2 The chief executive in his or her discretion is to decide whether repayment is to be made—

(a) as a lump sum; or

(b) by instalments; or

(c) by payment from any benefit to which that person is, or may become, entitled.

21.3 The chief executive must set a rate of recovery of not less than $4.00 a week for any recoverable grant.

21.4 In exceptional circumstances, the chief executive may set a rate of recovery of less than $4.00 a week.

21.5 The chief executive may, from time to time, review the rate of recovery of a recoverable grant and may increase or decrease or make no alteration to the rate.

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

22. Transitional provisions

22.1 If, under the Special Needs Grant Programme approved by the Minister on 8 January 1996 (the Former Programme), a person had been assessed as eligible to receive special needs grants on a continuing basis for a specified period that ends after the commencement of this programme, and this programme contains provisions substantially corresponding with the provisions of the Former Programme under which that eligibility had been assessed,—

(a) the chief executive may continue to make grants under the corresponding provisions of this programme until the end of the specified period as if the person’s eligibility for those grants were assessed under this programme; and

(b) the provisions of this programme apply to such grants instead of the provisions of the Former Programme.

Schedule 1 Clause 18.3

Farmers Eligible for Financial Assistance Under Part 6 of Special Needs Grant Programme at the Commencement of the Programme

1. Grants to Farmers in Marlborough and North Canterbury regions

1.1 Farmers in the Marlborough and North Canterbury regions whose land based industries are drought affected are eligible to be considered for financial assistance under Part 6 of the Special Needs Grant Programme.

1.2 In relation to such farmers, Part 6 begins to apply on 1 April 1998 and ceases to apply on 1 April 1999 unless extended by the Minister.

2. Grants to Farmers in the Hawke’s Bay region

2.1 Farmers in the Hawke’s Bay region whose land based industries are drought affected are eligible to be considered for financial assistance under Part 6 of the Special Needs Grant Programme.

2.2 In relation to such farmers, Part 6 begins to apply on 27 April 1998 and ceases to apply on 27 April 1999, unless extended by the Minister.

3. Grants to Farmers in the Wairarapa and Tararua regions

3.1 Farmers in the Wairarapa and Tararua regions whose land based industries are drought affected are eligible to be considered for financial assistance under Part 6 of the Special Needs Grant Programme.

3.2 In relation to such farmers, Part 6 begins to apply on 11 May 1998 and ceases to apply on 27 April 1999, unless extended by the Minister.

4. Grants to Farmers in South Canterbury, North Otago and Gisborne

4.1 Farmers in South Canterbury, North Otago and Gisborne, as defined in clause 4.3, whose land based industries are drought affected are eligible to be considered for financial assistance under Part 6 of the Special Needs Grant Programme.

4.2 In relation to such farmers, Part 6 begins to apply on 3 August 1998 and ceases to apply on 31 March 1999, unless extended by the Minister.

4.3 For the purposes of clause 4.1,—

“South Canterbury” means the areas within the Timaru District, the Waimate District and the MacKenzie District being—

(a) The relevant area within Timaru District is the area from the Opihi River south to the Timaru District boundary;

(b) The relevant area within Waimate District is the coastal plains and the area inland between the Waihao and Waitaki rivers including the Hakataramea Valley; and

(c) The relevant area within MacKenzie District is the area to the north and west of the Te Ngawai river, leading to and including the Fairlie basin:

“North Otago” means the Waitaki District, and the areas within the Central Otago District and Dunedin City being—

(a) The relevant area within Central Otago District is