Financial and Social Development Notices




4520 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 188 17 DECEMBER 2009

Schedule 1

Rates of interest payable on deposits (other than investment deposits repayable at the end of fixed term or protection deposits)

% p.a.
Agency deposits $0–$9,999 0.90
Agency deposits $10,000–$49,000 1.10
Agency deposits $50,000–$249,000 1.50
Agency deposits $250,000+ 2.50
Call deposits 1.10
Investment deposits at call $0–$9,999 0.90
Investment deposits at call $10,000–$49,999 1.10
Investment deposits at call $50,000–$249,999 1.50
Investment deposits at call $250,000+ 2.50
Special deposits (effective 15 December 2009) 2.50
Trust deposits $0–$9,999 0.90
Trust deposits $10,000–$49,000 1.10
Trust deposits $50,000–$249,000 1.50
Trust deposits $250,000+ 2.50

Interest payable monthly and quarterly

$20,000-$49,999 $50,000-$249,999 $250,000+
% p.a. % p.a. % p.a.
6 mths 3.30 3.30 3.30
9 mths 3.35 3.35 3.35
1 yr 3.55 3.55 3.55
18 mths 4.00 4.00 4.00
24 mths 4.45 4.45 4.45
30 mths 4.55 4.55 4.55
36 mths 4.80 4.80 4.80
4 yrs 5.10 5.10 5.10
5 yrs 5.25 5.25 5.25

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of December 2009.

GAYLENE TURBOTT, Secretary of the Pricing Committee, Public Trust.

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Social Development

Social Security Act 1964

Recoverable Assistance for Study Costs Programme

I establish and approve the following welfare programme for special assistance under and for the purpose of section 124(1)(d) of the Social Security Act 1964.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of December 2009.

HON PAULA BENNETT, Minister for Social Development and Employment.

Programme

  1. Title—This programme is the Recoverable Assistance for Study Costs Programme.

  2. Commencement—This programme comes into effect on 1 February 2010.

  3. Purpose—The purposes of this programme are to:
    (a) assist beneficiaries receiving certain benefits to obtain and retain employment by providing recoverable financial assistance towards their study costs for certain courses of employment-related training; and
    (b) ensure that the financial assistance set out in paragraph (a) is provided within the limits and for the reasons prescribed; and
    (c) facilitate the recovery of that financial assistance.

  4. Interpretation—(1) In this programme, unless the context otherwise requires:

    Act means the Social Security Act 1964.

    applicant means a person who has applied, or on whose behalf an application has been made, for recoverable assistance under this programme.

    approved employment-related training course means a course provided by a tertiary institution (as that term is defined in the Education Act 1989) that is for the time being approved by the chief executive as employment-related training:

    (a) for which the course provider receives funding under section 159ZC of the Education Act 1989; or

Schedule 2

Rates of interest payable on each protection deposit associated with a particular private training establishment

% p.a.
Total deposits do not exceed $350,000 1.60
Total deposits in range $350,001 to $1,000,000 2.10
Total deposits in range $1,000,001 to $3,000,000 2.50
Total deposits exceed $3,000,001 3.10

Schedule 3

Rates of interest payable on investment deposits repayable at the end of a fixed term

Interest payable on maturity, monthly or quarterly

$5,000-$9,999 $10,000-$49,999 $50,000-$249,999 $250,000+
% p.a. % p.a. % p.a. % p.a.
3 mths 2.70 3.20 3.20 3.20
6 mths 2.70 3.30 3.30 3.30
9 mths 2.70 3.35 3.35 3.35
1 yr 2.70 3.55 3.55 3.55
18 mths 2.70 4.00 4.00 4.00
24 mths 2.70 4.45 4.45 4.45
30 mths 2.70 4.55 4.55 4.55
36 mths 2.70 4.80 4.80 4.80
4 yrs 2.70 5.10 5.10 5.10
5 yrs 2.70 5.25 5.25 5.25


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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏢 Public Trust Common Fund Interest Rates Notice 17 December 2009 (continued from previous page)

🏢 State Enterprises & Insurance
15 December 2009
Interest Rates, Common Fund, Deposits, Public Trust, Investment Deposits, Protection Deposits, Special Deposits, Trust Deposits
  • Gaylene Turbott, Secretary of the Pricing Committee, Public Trust

🏥 Recoverable Assistance for Study Costs Programme

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
8 December 2009
Social Security, Welfare Programme, Study Costs, Financial Assistance, Employment Training
  • Hon Paula Bennett, Minister for Social Development and Employment