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(2) No application may be granted unless the applicant supplies any supporting evidence the chief executive reasonably requires to decide if the application should be granted, including:

(a) written confirmation from the course provider of the applicant’s enrolment (or enrolment subject to payment of fees); and

(b) evidence of the nature and duration of the course; and

(c) evidence of the applicant’s study costs.

9. Amount of assistance—(1) The amount of any grant of recoverable assistance under clause 6(1) must not exceed $500.00 and the total of the grants made under that clause in the period commencing on 1 February 2010 and ending with 31 January 2011 must not exceed $500.00.

(2) In determining the amount of any grant, the chief executive must have regard to the amount of the applicant’s study costs, the manner in which they are required to be paid, and the time or times that they are required to be paid.

10. When assistance starts—(1) No grant under clause 6(1) may be made earlier, or for any period earlier, than:

(a) the date on which the course begins, if the application is received within 28 days of that date; or

(b) the date the application for it is received, if received more than 28 days after the course begins; or

(c) the date the applicant’s benefit referred to in clause 6(1)(a) commences.

(2) No grant may be made before 1 February 2010.

11. When assistance ends—No grant under clause 6(1) may be made after the earlier of the following dates:

(a) the date the course ends;

(b) the date the applicant ceases to be entitled to receive the benefit referred to in clause 6(1)(a) or another benefit referred to in that paragraph;

(c) 31 January 2011.

12. Rules as to recovery—(1) The amount of any recoverable assistance granted and paid to an applicant under clause 6(1) is a debt due to the Crown within the meaning of section 85A of the Act (in these rules, the debt) and may be recovered from the applicant (in these rules, the debtor) by the chief executive in accordance with section 86 of the Act.

(2) The chief executive must not take any steps to recover the debt before the earlier of:

(a) the date on which the debtor ceases study in the course for which the recoverable assistance was granted; and

(b) the date on which the debtor ceases to be entitled to receive the benefit referred to in clause 6(1)(a) or another benefit referred to in that paragraph.

(3) After granting recoverable assistance under this programme, the chief executive must negotiate a repayment plan with the debtor that requires repayment of the debt at a rate not less than $4.00 a week. In exceptional circumstances, the chief executive may agree to a repayment rate of less than $4.00 a week.

(4) The chief executive may, from time to time, review the rate of repayment of the debt and may increase, decrease, or make no alteration to the rate.

(5) If the debtor does not agree to a repayment plan or make repayments of the debt in accordance with a repayment plan, the chief executive may exercise any powers to recover the debt in accordance with section 86 of the Act.

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

This programme, which comes into effect on 1 February 2010, provides short-term recoverable assistance of a maximum amount of $500.00 in the period ending with 31 January 2011 towards the study costs of certain beneficiaries who are studying towards certain employment-related training courses at Level 4 or above on the National Qualifications Framework.

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The Treasury

Crown Entities Act 2004

Notice of Approval Given Pursuant to Section 160(1) of the Crown Entities Act 2004

Pursuant to section 160(3) of the Crown Entities Act 2004, I, Jane Meares, Treasury Solicitor, hereby give notice that on 5 March 2009, The Honourable Simon William English, Minister of Finance, and The Honourable Anne Tolley, Minister of Education, gave an approval under section 160(1)(b) of the Crown Entities Act 2004 for Christchurch Girls’ High School Board of Trustees to enter into debt servicing obligations (for interest and principal repayments, including finance leases for information and communications technology) of up to $260,000.00 per year until 31 December 2013.

The approval was given subject to the condition that the total cost of repaying all outstanding debt (principal and interest) in any year during the term of the approval does not exceed 16% of the board of trustees’ annual operations grant for that year inclusive of the 10% restriction specified in Regulation 12(1) of the Crown Entities (Financial Powers) Regulations 2005.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of December 2009.

JANE MEARES, Treasury Solicitor.

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Tourism

New Zealand Tourism Board Act 1991

Appointments/reappointment to the New Zealand Tourism Board

Pursuant to clause 1(1) of Schedule 5 of the New Zealand Tourism Board Act 1991, I am pleased to appoint to the New Zealand Tourism Board:

Richard Leggat
Sam Morgan

and to reappoint

John Barrett

as members for three-year terms commencing on 1 February 2010 and expiring on 1 February 2013.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of December 2009.

HON JOHN KEY, Minister of Tourism.

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