NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 150

6 OCTOBER 2011

"(l) any payment or item declared not to be cash assets by the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Regulations 2011 or to which Regulation 5(3) of those Regulations applies".

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of September 2011.

HON PAULA BENNETT, Minister for Social Development and Employment.

Explanatory Note

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

This instrument, which comes into effect on 28 September 2011, amends a number of Ministerial directions and welfare programmes under the Social Security Act 1964:

• to align definitions of cash assets and related clauses with exemptions in the Canterbury Earthquake (Social Security Act) Order (No 3) 2010 and the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Regulations 2011;
• to update references to former legislation, a former welfare programme, and bodies with references to current legislation and bodies;
• to include references to accredited employers within the meaning of the Accident Compensation Act 2001 in certain clauses relating to that Act.

Annotation of Notes

1 New Zealand Gazette, 24 June 1999, No. 75, page 1687
2 New Zealand Gazette, 5 July 2001, No. 69, page 1634
New Zealand Gazette, 23 September 2010, No. 124, page 3301
New Zealand Gazette, 24 February 2011, No. 19, page 426
3 New Zealand Gazette, 3 February 2005, No. 74, page 774
4 New Zealand Gazette, 5 July 2007, No. 77, page 2005 (as paragraph (ii))
5 New Zealand Gazette, 6 November 2008, No. 169, page 4441
6 New Zealand Gazette, 11 April 2002, No. 34, page 1029
7 New Zealand Gazette, 15 October 1998, No. 172, page 4120
8 New Zealand Gazette, 5 July 2007, No. 77, page 2005
New Zealand Gazette, 23 September 2010, No. 124, page 3301
New Zealand Gazette, 24 February 2011, No. 19, page 426
9 New Zealand Gazette, 30 June 2005, No. 100, page 2383
10 New Zealand Gazette, 13 May 2004, No. 52, page 1290
11 New Zealand Gazette, 6 November 2008, No. 169, page 4441
New Zealand Gazette, 8 May 2008, No. 169, page 2222
New Zealand Gazette, 23 September 2010, No. 124, page 3301
New Zealand Gazette, 24 February 2011, No. 19, page 426
12 New Zealand Gazette, 17 December 1998, No. 200, page 4769
13 New Zealand Gazette, 5 July 2007, No. 77, page 2005
New Zealand Gazette, 23 September 2010, No. 124, page 3301
New Zealand Gazette, 24 February 2011, No. 19, page 426
14 New Zealand Gazette, 25 February 1999, No. 23, page 567
15 New Zealand Gazette, 5 July 2007, No. 77, page 2005
New Zealand Gazette, 23 September 2010, No. 124, page 3301
New Zealand Gazette, 24 February 2011, No. 19, page 426
16 New Zealand Gazette, 11 July 2002, No. 78, page 2079
17 New Zealand Gazette, 16 December 1999, No. 193, page 4599
18 New Zealand Gazette, 24 February 2005, No. 41, page 1056
19 New Zealand Gazette, 5 July 2007, No. 77, page 2005
New Zealand Gazette, 23 September 2010, No. 124, page 3301
New Zealand Gazette, 24 February 2011, No. 19, page 426
20 New Zealand Gazette, 24 February 2005, No. 41, page 1056
21 New Zealand Gazette, 24 February 2005, No. 41, page 1056
22 New Zealand Gazette, 28 January 1999, No. 8, page 202
23 New Zealand Gazette, 5 July 2007, No. 77, page 2005
New Zealand Gazette, 23 September 2010, No. 124, page 3301
New Zealand Gazette, 24 February 2011, No. 19, page 426
24 New Zealand Gazette, 5 July 2007, No. 77, page 2005
New Zealand Gazette, 23 September 2010, No. 124, page 3301
New Zealand Gazette, 24 February 2011, No. 19, page 426
25 New Zealand Gazette, 1 August 2002, No. 90, page 2435
26 New Zealand Gazette, 5 July 2007, No. 77, page 2005
New Zealand Gazette, 23 September 2010, No. 124, page 3301
New Zealand Gazette, 24 February 2011, No. 19, page 426
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Ministerial Direction—Disability Allowance Amendment 2011

Pursuant to section 5 of the Social Security Act 1964, the Minister for Social Development and Employment makes the following instrument.

Instrument

1. Title—This instrument is the Ministerial Direction—Disability Allowance Amendment 2011.

2. Commencement—This instrument comes into effect on the day after its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

3. Principal direction amended—This instrument amends the Ministerial Direction—Disability Allowance given on 28 March 1999¹.

4. Preamble amended—The preamble is amended:

   • (a) by inserting "or reviewing" after "granting"; and
   • (b) by inserting "a" before "disability allowance".

5. Clause 1 amended—Clause 1 is amended by revoking the definition of approved alarm company² and substituting the following definitions:

   "accredited alarm company means a supplier of medical alarm services for the time being accredited under the accreditation process
   accreditation process means the process established under clause 8B".

6. Clause 5A amended—Clause 5A(a)³ is amended by omitting "approved" and substituting "accredited".

7. Clause 6 amended—Clause 6 is amended by inserting "and the matters in clause 6A" after "matters".

8. New clause 6A inserted—The following clause is inserted after clause 6:

   "6A Except in exceptional circumstances, you should not consider justified a grant of a disability allowance for the supply of medical alarm services from a supplier that is not an accredited alarm company."

9. New headings and clauses 8A to 17 substituted—Clauses 8 and 9³ are revoked and the following headings and clauses substituted:

   Accreditation of alarm companies

   8A The purpose of clauses 6A and 8B to 17 is to ensure that the Government's expenditure on disability allowances for medical alarm services is spent on services that meet quality standards and the needs of the persons to whom the services are supplied.

   8B As soon as practicable after the commencement of this clause, you are to establish and maintain processes for:

   (a) the accreditation of suppliers of medical alarm services; and

   (b) the review of the accreditation of suppliers (including review at least once every two years); and

   (c) the revocation of accreditation.

   9A The processes referred to in clause 8B must be based on requiring suppliers to compete for accreditation based on your assessment that the services are of high quality and cost efficient, will meet the needs of persons intended to be supplied with the services, and meet any other criteria that you consider relevant.

   10 You must publish details of the accreditation process on the department's internet site.

   11 If an accredited alarm company's approval is revoked under the accreditation process, you must