8 JULY
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
1889

Notice

1. Title—This notice may be cited as the Local Government Boundary Alteration Notice 1999.

2. Existing boundaries altered—The boundaries of Southland District and Clutha District are altered by excluding from Clutha District and including in Southland District the area described in the Schedule.

3. Seaward boundary—For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that the seaward boundary of the area included in the Southland District by this notice shall be the line of mean low water springs.

Schedule

Area Included in Southland District

All that area bounded by a line commencing at a point 404 metres in height situated at Grid Reference 182984, then following in a generally south-easterly direction the watershed separating Alison Creek and Longbeach Creek to the north-eastern corner of part Section 57, Block XII, Tautuku Survey District, then following the northern boundary of part Section 57, and part Section 17, part Section 16, part Section 15, Block XII, Tautuku Survey District, and the eastern boundary of Section 45, Block XII, Tautuku Survey District, to its intersection with the Chaslands Highway, then crossing that highway to the north-western corner of Section 18, Block XIII, Tautuku Survey District, then following the northern and eastern boundaries of section 18, the eastern boundary of part Section 16, Block XIII, the north-eastern and south-eastern boundaries of Section 12, Block XII, Tautuku Survey District, and the projection of that south-eastern boundary across a legal road to the northern boundary of Section 11, Block XIII, Tautuku Survey District, in an easterly direction to the north-eastern corner of Section 14, then following a right line to the mean high water mark then following the mean high water mark to the western boundary of the Clutha District, as defined on S.O. Plan 23137, then following that boundary in a generally northerly direction to the point of commencement.

Dated this 1st day of July 1999.

JACK ELDER, for Minister of Local Government.

Labour

Accident Insurance Act 1998

Direction to the Accident Compensation Corporation Relating to Government Policy on Education Support for Children

Background

1. Under regulations made pursuant to the Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act 1992, ACC provided transport to schools, and teacher aides for children who were covered by that Act and needed assistance to receive education. Those regulations are revoked by the Accident Insurance Act 1998 (‘‘the Act’’) from 1 July 1999.

2. Under section 290 of the Act, ACC must pay from the Non-Earners’ Account, an amount to pay for education-related support for children requiring special assistance as a result of personal injury covered by the Act to enable them to receive education.

3. Section 290 (5) of the Act provides that the amount to be paid, the person to whom it must be paid, and the manner of payment must be as specified in a policy direction.

Policy Direction

Definitions

4. The following definitions apply in this Policy Direction:

(a) ‘‘Insured’’ means any person who has cover under the Act, and is:

(i) Enrolled at a registered school within the meaning of the Education Act 1989 or is exempted under section 21 of that Act from the requirement to be enrolled or is exempted under section 26 (1) (b) (iii) of that Act from attending a school; and

(ii) Entitled to free education at any state school under section 3 of the Education Act 1989; or

(b) Is attending an early childhood education service which is chartered by the Ministry of Education and which is, under section 316 of the Education Act 1989, licensed or exempted from licensing requirements.

‘‘Teacher Aide’’ means a person—

(a) Who assists an insured during the school day or during an early childhood education service with:

(i) Educational activities (whether remedial or practice work) set and supervised by the insured’s teacher;

(ii) Dressing, grooming, feeding, toileting, and other personal care tasks;

(iii) Mobility and positioning; and

(iv) Communication and interpersonal skills; but

(b) Who is not, at the time of giving that assistance, the insured’s classroom or subject teacher.

5. Pursuant to sections 290 and 481 (2) of the Act, I hereby direct that ACC must pay an amount for the costs of education-related support for children requiring special assistance as a result of personal injury covered by the Act to enable them to receive education. The amount is for the period from 1 July 1999 to 31 December 1999, and is to be calculated by adding Amount A to Amount B.

Amount A - Teacher Aides

6. ACC must pay an amount (‘‘Amount A’’) for the provision of Teacher Aides.

7. Amount A must be calculated by:

(a) ACC’s assessing the number of hours that each insured needs to have a Teacher Aide as the result of the injury for which they have cover under the Act; and

(b) Following such an assessment, paying $13.02 for each hour that a Teacher Aide is assessed as being required for the insured.

8. ACC must pay the relevant parts of Amount A to each of the schools that provide the Teacher Aide.

9. ACC must make payment after receiving an invoice from the schools.

Amount B - Transport

10. ACC must pay an amount (‘‘Amount B’’) being a contribution to the cost of transport between each insured’s school or early childhood education service and place of residence. Amount B is the total of, for