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(e) Relocation costs, if the Applicant needs to relocate his or her place of residence to take up the Employment,—

but do not include the cost of any training.

5.3 In clause 5.1.4 (c), the essential costs of attending the interview, the essential costs of attending the interview are costs such as—

(a) Clothing costs:

(b) Child care costs:

(c) The cost of an interpreter:

(d) Transport costs:

(e) The costs of tattoo removal (if the Applicant is referred to a tattoo removal service by a registered medical practitioner).

6. Ineligibility

6.1. An Applicant is not eligible for a Grant during a period when the Applicant is subject to—

6.1.1. A Non-entitlement Period under any of sections 60itt, 115, or 116 of the Act, unless the Applicant is participating in an Organised Activity and is receiving a Benefit granted provisionally under section 123B of the Act; or

6.1.2. A reduction or suspension of Benefit under any of sections 115, 116, or 117 of the Act; or

6.1.3. A stand down of his or her Benefit under section 80BA of the Act.

6.2. For the avoidance of doubt, an Applicant is not eligible for a Grant to enter—

6.2.1. Employment-related training (except for training paid for by the employer as part of the Employment the Applicant is entering), education, or work experience; or

6.2.2. Community work or voluntary work; or

6.2.3. An Organised Activity other than attending an interview for Suitable Employment.

7. Financial Restrictions

7.1. An Applicant is not entitled to a Grant if his or her Income is such that it would prevent the payment of an invalid’s benefit under the Act.

7.2. In clause 7.1. An Applicant is not entitled to a Grant if his or her Income is such that it would prevent the payment of an invalid’s benefit under the Act, an Applicant’s Income includes the Income of—

(a) His or her Spouse (if any); or

(b) If the Applicant is a Dependent Child, his or her Parents.

7.3. An Applicant is not entitled to a Grant unless the Applicant and the persons mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of clause 7.2 have no Cash Assets.

8. Amounts of Grants

8.1. The amount of a Grant under clause 5.1. must not exceed $250.

8.2. The Chief Executive may make more than one Grant under clause 5.1. to an Applicant in a 52 Week Period, but the maximum amount of Grants made to the Applicant in a 52 Week Period must not exceed $250.

8.3. For the purposes of clause 8.2., the following grants are to be considered Grants under this programme:

(a) A non-recoverable grant for transition to work expenses under the Special Needs Grant welfare programme approved under section 124 (1) (d) of the Act:

(b) A grant under the Job Start programme formerly administered by the Department and the New Zealand Employment Service of the Department of Labour.

9. Applications

9.1. An application for a Grant is to be made to the Department on a form supplied by the Department.

10. Payment of Grants

10.1. Every Grant made in relation to the purchase of goods and services is to be paid—

(a) Where practicable, to the person providing the goods or services for which the Grant was made; or

(b) In the discretion of the Chief Executive, to the Applicant.

10.2. Every Grant for Bridging Finance is to be paid to the Applicant.

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Special Needs Grant Amendment (No. 2)

Pursuant to section 124 (1) (d) of the Social Security Act 1964, I, Roger Morrison Sowry, Minister of Social Services, Work and Income, approve the following amendments to the Special Needs Grant welfare programme, which are to be read with and considered part of the programme on and from 1 July 1999.

Dated this 29th day of June 1999.

R. M. SOWRY, Minister of Social Services, Work and Income.

Amendments

1. Clause 11.3 of the programme is deleted.

2. Clauses 11.3.1 to 11.3.5 of the programme are deleted.

3. Despite clauses 1 and 2, the Chief Executive may make payment of a grant under clauses 11.3.1 to 11.3.5 of the programme if the decision to make the grant was made prior to 1 July 1999, but not implemented before that date.

Explanatory Note:

The amendments delete the clauses of the special needs grant welfare programme relating to transition to work payments. A new welfare programme for work start grants replaces them.

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