22 DECEMBER 2005

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 210

Revoke clause 3.

Omit from clauses 9, 10, 13, and 15 the words “married couple” and substitute the words “couple who are married or in a civil union”.

Omit from clauses 16 and 17 the words “married or unmarried person” and substitute the words “person who is married or in a civil union or is single and”.

Insert in paragraph (a) and (b) in the second column of each of clause 16 and clause 17, after the word “spouse”, the words “or partner”.

Omit from clause 18 the words “married person” and substitute the words “person who is married or in a civil union”.

Insert in clause 18, after the word “spouse”, the words “or partner”.

Omit from the second column of clause 18 the word “unmarried” and substitute the word “single”.

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of the amendment, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This amendment to the Direction in relation to Special Benefit:

• makes changes to paragraph (k) of the definition of allowable costs to clarify the intent of the paragraph.
• makes other minor and technical changes to the direction, including changes consequential on the coming into force of Part 1 of the Social Security Amendment Act 2005.

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Training Incentive Allowance Amendment (No 2) 2005

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 Training Incentive Allowance Programme (as established and approved on 30 November 1998).

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of December 2005.

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

Amendment

1. Title—(1) This amendment is the Training Incentive Allowance Amendment (No 2) 2005.

(2) In this amendment, the Training Incentive Allowance Programme is called “the programme”.

2. Commencement—This amendment comes into effect on 1 January 2006.

3. Interpretation—(1) Clause 2.1 of the programme is amended by revoking the definition of allowance, and substituting the following definition:

“allowance means a training incentive allowance under Part 1”.

(2) Clause 2.1 of the programme is amended by revoking the definition of applicant, and substituting the following definition:

“applicant means a person who makes an application for—

(a) an allowance under Part 1; or

(b) childcare payments under Part 2”.

(3) Clause 2.1 of the programme is amended by inserting, in their appropriate alphabetical order, the following definitions:

“childcare payments means young parent childcare payments under Part 2

composite school and correspondence school have the same meanings as in section 2 of the Education Act 1989

eligible child, in Part 2, has the meaning in clause 13.1.2

Regulations means the Social Security (Childcare Assistance) Regulations 2004 (S.R. 2004/268)

secondary school has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Education Act 1989”.

(4) Clause 2.2 of the programme is amended by inserting, after the word “Act”, the words “or the Regulations”.

4. Objects—Clause 3 of the programme is revoked.

5. New Part heading and clause inserted—The programme is amended by inserting, after clause 4, the following heading and clause:

“Part 1

Training incentive allowances

4A Purpose of this Part

The purpose of this Part is to provide financial assistance to people receiving certain benefits to enable them to undertake employment-related training appropriate to their personal circumstances and labour market conditions in order to—

(a) enhance and improve their work skills; and

(b) thereby increase their prospects of obtaining employment and gaining independence from the benefit system.”.

6. New Part added—The programme is amended by adding the following Part:

“Part 2

Teen parent pilot

11 Purpose of this Part

The purpose of this Part is to make provision on a trial basis for payment of financial assistance for childcare to certain teenage parents selected by the chief executive to encourage those parents to remain in, or return to, secondary education.

12 Period for which this Part is effective

This Part continues in effect until the earlier of the following dates and then expires:

(a) the date on which the amount of money expended under it equals the sum of—

(i) the total amount of money appropriated for the purposes of this Part; and

(ii) the total amount of money appropriated for the purposes of this programme and approved for expenditure under this Part:

(b) 31 December 2008.

13 Young parent childcare payments

13.1 This clause applies to an applicant if the applicant is not eligible for an allowance under Part 1 and—

13.1.1 is—

(a) single, not receiving an income-tested benefit in his or her own right, and is the dependent child of his or her parent or guardian; or

(b) aged 16 or 17 and is married to or in a civil union with another person; and