15 JANUARY

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

This advertisement is placed pursuant to the Sentencing Regulations 2002.
KEVIN ROBINSON, Registrar.
go228

Orders for Confiscation of Motor Vehicles

Orders were made in the Wellington District Court on 5 December 2003, for the confiscation of the following motor vehicles:

Make: Toyota
Model: Corolla
Year: 1986
Registration No.: MX9833
Owned by: James Glover

Make: Mitsubishi
Model: V3000
Year: 1988
Registration No.: SF4316
Owned by: Gregory Oregan

Anyone who has a legal interest in the above vehicles should contact the Wellington District Court urgently (telephone (04) 918 8078), as the Registrar may sell the vehicles.

This notice is placed pursuant to the Sentencing Regulations 2002.
C. BUTLER, Deputy Registrar.
go282

Social Development

Social Security Act 1964

Special Needs Grants Amendment (No 3) 2003

Pursuant to section 124 (1) (d) of the Social Security Act 1964, the Minister for Social Development and Employment establishes and approves the following amendment to the Special Needs Grants Programme (as established and approved on 18 December 1998).

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of November 2003.
STEVE MAHAREY, Minister for Social Development and Employment.

Amendment

1. Title—(1) This amendment is the Special Needs Grants Amendment (No 3) 2003.

(2) In this amendment, the Special Needs Grants Programme is called "the programme".

2. Commencement—This amendment comes into effect on 1 December 2003.

3. Definitions—Clause 3.1 of the programme is amended by inserting, in their appropriate alphabetical order, the following definitions:

"approved organisation means any of the following organisations for the time being approved under section 396 of the CYPF Act, namely a Cultural Social Service, an Iwi Social Service, or a Child and Family Support Service"

"care, in relation to care of a person under the CYPF Act, means being in the care, custody, or guardianship of the chief executive of the responsible department or an approved organisation under that Act and not living with a parent or guardian or person otherwise having the care of the person"

"CYPF Act means the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989"

"responsible department means the department for the time being responsible for administration of the CYPF Act"

"Transition from Care to Independence Initiative or Initiative means the programme of that name operated by the responsible department".

4. Restriction on payments—Clause 9 of the programme is amended by inserting, after clause 9.4A, the following clause:

"9.4B If an applicant is eligible for a grant under clause 17, neither the applicant nor the applicant’s spouse is eligible for a grant under any other provision of this programme unless—

(a) the applicant has been granted, in respect of the period to which the application for the other grant relates, the maximum assistance available under that clause; and

(b) by reason of the applicant’s extreme hardship or other emergency situation (whether applying to the applicant or to the applicant’s spouse or dependent child), the chief executive considers the other grant should be made."

5. Re-establishment costs—Clause 15 of the programme is amended by adding the following subclause:

"15.6 Young persons leaving care to live independently

15.6.1 Clause 15.6.2 applies if an applicant aged not less than 16 and not more than 17 years—

(a) has been in care under the CYPF Act; and

(b) leaves that care to live independently; and

(c) is a person to whom the Transition from Care to Independence Initiative applies.

15.6.2 Where this clause applies, the chief executive may make in respect of the applicant the following grants:

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

(b) a non-recoverable grant of not more than $1,200 for a bed, bedding, and essential appliances, and the cost of connecting a telephone, electricity, and gas (if applicable):

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

15.6.3 The chief executive may make more than one grant for the purposes stated in clause 15.6.2 in a 52-week period and in any subsequent period in which the Initiative applies to the applicant but the total of such grants must not exceed $2,000.

15.6.4 The chief executive must have regard to the transition plan prepared under the Initiative in relation to the applicant when deciding whether to make a grant under clause 15.6.2."