5378 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 210 22 DECEMBER 2005

Interest payable quarterly

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of December 2005.

DAVID BENSON-POPE, Minister for Social Development and Employment.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of December 2005.

PAT WAITE, Chief Executive, Public Trust.

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Notice of Claim

This notice is pursuant to section 101 (2) of the Public Trust Act 2001.

To all creditors and claimants of National Benchmarking Agency Limited (a company that ceased trading on 31 March 2005 and was deregistered on 8 June 2005):

The sum of $8,785.00 has been paid to Public Trust to hold in the name of the deregistered company.

A claim has been lodged by Richard Ian Catto, a former director and sole shareholder of National Benchmarking Agency Limited.

Public Trust proposes paying the amount of the claim, less associated costs, to Richard Ian Catto, subject to no notice of a claim being received on or prior to 18 January 2006.

Any persons having any interest in priority to the claimant must submit a claim to Public Trust, P.O. Box 13-245, Tauranga (Attention: Ken Southam) on or prior to the above-mentioned date.

Note: This is the first and only notice of this claim.

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Social Development

Social Security Act 1964

Direction in Relation to Special Benefit Amendment (No. 4) 2005

To: The Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development.

Pursuant to section 5 of the Social Security Act 1964, the Minister for Social Development and Employment makes the following amendment to the Direction in relation to Special Benefit given on 10 February 1999.

Amendment

1. Title—(1) This amendment is the Direction in relation to Special Benefit Amendment (No. 4) 2005.

   (2) In this amendment, the Direction in relation to Special Benefit is called "the direction".

2. Commencement—This amendment comes into effect on the day after the date on which it is published in the New Zealand Gazette, and applies in respect of applications for special benefit made, and to reviews of special benefit conducted, on or after the date on which it comes into effect.

3. Definitions—Clause 2.1 of the direction is amended by revoking paragraph (k) of the definition of allowable costs, and substituting the following paragraph:

   "(k) any payments required to be made by the applicant or his or her spouse or partner—

   (i) in respect of any past, current, or future debt, fine, or other liability (except payments in respect of the costs referred to in paragraphs (a) to (h) of this definition); or

   (ii) in repayment of any advance payment of benefit made under section 82 (6) of the Act or recoverable assistance granted under section 124 (1) (d) of the Act;".

4. Other amendments—The direction is amended in the manner set out in the Schedule.

Schedule

Clause 4

Amendments to the direction

Clause 1.4

Insert in paragraph (c), after the word "spouse", the words "or partner".

Clause 2.1

Insert in the definition of allowable costs, after the word "spouse" where it first appears, the words "or partner".

Insert in paragraphs (d) (i), (g) (i) and (ii), (ga), (h) (ii), (j) and (l) of the definition of allowable costs, after the word "spouse", the words "or partner".

Insert in the definition of cash assets, after the word "spouse" wherever it appears, the words "or partner".

Insert in the definition of chargeable income, after the word "spouse", the words "or partner".

Revoke the definition of grand-parented rate.

Clause 3.1

Omit from paragraph (a) (i) the word "unmarried" and substitute the word "single".

Omit from paragraph (a) (ii) the words "married person" and substitute the words "person who is married or in a civil union".

Example

Omit the word "unmarried" and substitute the word "single".

Schedule

Omit from clause 1 (a) and (b), 4 (a) and (b), 6 (a) and (b), and 7 (a) and (b) the word "unmarried" and substitute the word "single".

Insert in clause 1 (c), 4 (c), 6 (c), and 7 (c), after the word "married", the words "or in a civil union".