NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 56

24 MARCH 2005

| "Total period of work missed (per week) | For an unmarried applicant with
no dependent children | For any other applicant |
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| 8 hours or less | $35.00 | $65.00 |
| More than 8 and not more than 16 hours| $70.00 | $130.00 |
| More than 16 and not more than 24 hours| $105.00 | $195.00 |
| More than 24 and not more than 32 hours| $140.00 | $260.00 |
| More than 32 hours | $175.00 | $325.00 |

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

Omit from clause 6.1.1 the expressions "$83.25" and "$3,330.00" and substitute the expressions "$85.50" and "$3,420.00" respectively.

Omit from clause 6.4.2 the expression "$3,330.00" and substitute the expression "$3,420.00".

Schedule 3

Clause 5

Welfare programmes amended

Recoverable Assistance Programme (as established and approved on 15 February 1999)

Omit from clause 3.1 the definition of applicant and substitute:

"applicant means a non-beneficiary who applies for a payment under this programme, or, as the case may require, on whose behalf an application for a payment is made"

Insert in clause 3.1, in their appropriate alphabetical order, the following definitions:

"beneficiary has the meaning in section 61E of the Act

non-beneficiary means a person who is not a beneficiary".

Special Transfer Allowance Programme 2000 (as established and approved on 13 November 2000)

Omit from the Schedule the expressions "179", "136", "102", "229", "167" and "148" and substitute respectively the expressions "188", "145", "105", "231", "178" and "151".

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of this instrument, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This instrument, which takes effect on 1 April 2005, amends various Ministerial directions and welfare programmes to:

• make various changes relating to the Working for Families package, principally to replace reference to the invalid's benefit in cash assets and income limits with reference to the new Schedule 31 of the Social Security Act 1964 which comes into force on that date
• adjust certain rates to take into account a 2.70% increase in the Consumers Price Index
• adjust average regional rents in the Special Transfer Allowance Programme 2000 to reflect movements in rentals
• make minor definitional changes to clarify the application of the Recoverable Assistance Programme.

Notice of Specified Amendments for the Purpose of the Social Security (Working for Families – Transitional Supplement) Regulations 2004

Pursuant to paragraph (b) of the definition of specified amendment in Regulation 5 (1) of the Social Security (Working for Families – Transitional Supplement) Regulations 2004, notice is given that the following Regulations, instruments or provisions are specified amendments for the purpose of the Social Security (Working for Families – Transitional Supplement) Regulations 2004 (S.R. 2004/269):

(a) Clause 4 and Schedule 2 of the Direction in relation to Special Benefit Amendment 2005 dated 7 February 2005.

(b) Clause 3 and Schedule 1 of the Direction in relation to Special Benefit Amendment (No. 2) 2005 dated 17 March 2005.

(c) Amendments to the Direction on advance payment of benefits, the Domestic Violence and Witness Protection (Relocation) Programme, the New Employment Transition Grant Programme, the Recoverable Assistance Programme, the Seasonal Work Assistance Programme, the Social Rehabilitation Assistance Programme, the Student Allowance Transfer Grant Programme, the Special Needs Grants Programme, and the Work Start Grant Programme made by clause 3 and Schedule 1 of the Instrument Amending Ministerial Directions and Welfare Programmes 2005 dated 17 March 2005.

(d) Regulation 3 and Schedule 1 of the Student Allowances Amendment Regulations 2005 (S.R. 2005/45).

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of March 2005.

STEVE MAHAREY, Minister for Social Development and Employment.

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of this notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

The purpose of this notice is to identify certain amendments to Regulations and other instruments that resulted from the Working for Families package as specified amendments for the purpose of the Social Security (Working for Families – Transitional Supplement) Regulations 2004.