1 FEBRUARY 2007

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 10

9. Costs—(1) The chief executive may, in his or her
   discretion, make a grant to assist an applicant who has
   an immediate need for financial assistance for one or more
   of the following kinds of essential costs:

   (a) Job seeking expenses, meaning costs involved with
   seeking work and attending and participating in job
   interviews, including:
   (i) clothing costs;
   (ii) child care costs;
   (iii) the cost of an interpreter;
   (iv) transport costs;
   (v) the costs of tattoo removal if the applicant is
   referred to a tattoo removal service by a
   registered medical practitioner.

   (b) Job placement expenses, meaning costs that an
   applicant will need to incur to enter employment
   (other than training costs) including:
   (i) the cost of any necessary job-related clothing
   or equipment (not being clothing or equipment
   the employer is required to supply to comply
   with the employer’s obligations under the
   Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992);
   (ii) the cost of any necessary job-related safety
   equipment required in order to take up
   employment that the employer is not required
   to supply in order to comply with any
   enactment;
   (iii) child care costs up to the date of the applicant’s
   first payment of wages or salary for their new
   employment;
   (iv) transport costs up to the date of the applicant’s
   first payment of wages or salary for their new
   employment;
   (v) the costs of tattoo removal if the applicant
   is referred to a tattoo removal service by a
   registered medical practitioner;
   (vi) relocation costs, if the applicant needs to
   relocate his or her place of residence to take
   up employment.\n
   (c) Bridging finance expenses, meaning essential living
   expenses for an applicant (other than a student
   undertaking holiday employment) who:
   (i) requires assistance in the period between the
   last payment of their working age benefit (or
   where relevant, the last payment of their wages
   or salary) and the applicant’s first payment of
   wages or salary; and either
   (A) will enter full-time employment (not being
   temporary employment) within a period
   of less than 4 weeks after the date of
   application for the grant; or
   (B) will have their working age benefit cancelled
   upon entering full-time employment (not
   being temporary employment).

   (2) A grant may not be made for costs if the applicant
   has not taken all necessary steps to obtain any financial
   assistance towards such costs from any source from which
   he or she may be eligible to receive such assistance.

10. Amounts of grants—(1) The chief executive must not
    make grants to an applicant of more than $1,500.00 in total
    during a 52-week period.

    (2) No grant of the following kinds must exceed:
    (a) $300.00 for job seeking expenses under clause
    9(1)(a); or
    (b) an amount of $250.00 per week, or be made for a
    period of more than 2 weeks at any time, for
    bridging finance under clause 9(1)(c).

11. Payment of grants—(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) at the discretion of the chief executive, to the
    applicant.

    (2) Every grant for bridging finance is to be paid to the
    applicant.

12. Obligations—(1) An applicant who seeks assistance for
    job placement expenses under clause 9(1)(b) or bridging
    finance under clause 9(1)(c) must provide the chief executive
    with confirmation of the starting date of the employment for
    which the assistance is required.

    (2) When required by the chief executive, an applicant must
    provide proof of essential costs for job seeking expenses
    under clause 9(1)(a) and for job placement expenses under
    clause 9(1)(b).

    (3) A person in receipt of a grant must attend and participate
    in any interview with an officer of the department as
    required.

13. Revocation—The Work Start Grant Programme* and
    the Pathways Payment Programme† are revoked.

    Explanatory Note
    This note is not part of the programme, but is intended to
    explain its general effect.

    This programme, which comes into effect on 30 April
    2007, replaces the Work Start Grant Programme and the
    Pathways Payment Programme. This programme provides
    non-recoverable financial assistance to meet the essential
    costs of moving into employment for the purpose of
    removing financial barriers to entering employment.

    *New Zealand Gazette, 8 July 1999, No. 81, page 1890
    †New Zealand Gazette, 11 July 2002, No. 78, page 2081

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Dated at Wellington this 31st day of January 2007.

MICHAEL CULLEN, Minister of Finance.