NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 19

24 FEBRUARY 2011

New Employment Transition Grant Programme

(as established and approved on 9 December 1998)⁵

Clause 2.1

Insert in its appropriate alphabetical order the following definition:

“Canterbury earthquake means the earthquake that occurred on 4 September 2010 in Canterbury, and includes all of its aftershocks”.

Definition of cash assets: add:

“(o) any money paid to a person by the Earthquake Commission continued in existence by section 4(1) of the Earthquake Commission Act 1993, or by an insurance company,—

(i) in respect of the destruction of or any damage to any property caused by the Canterbury earthquake; or

(ii) for or towards the costs of renting accommodation in place of residential premises destroyed or made uninhabitable by the Canterbury earthquake”.

Recoverable Assistance Programme

(as established and approved on 15 February 1999)⁶

Clause 3.1

Insert in its appropriate alphabetical order the following definition:

“Canterbury earthquake means the earthquake that occurred on 4 September 2010 in Canterbury, and includes all of its aftershocks”.

Definition of cash assets: add:

“(o) any money paid to a person by the Earthquake Commission continued in existence by section 4(1) of the Earthquake Commission Act 1993, or by an insurance company,—

(i) in respect of the destruction of or any damage to any property caused by the Canterbury earthquake; or

(ii) for or towards the costs of renting accommodation in place of residential premises destroyed or made uninhabitable by the Canterbury earthquake”.

Special Needs Grants Programme

(as established and approved on 18 December 1998)⁷

Clause 3.1

Insert in its appropriate alphabetical order the following definition:

“Canterbury earthquake means the earthquake that occurred on 4 September 2010 in Canterbury, and includes all of its aftershocks”.

Definition of cash assets: add:

“(o) any money paid to a person by the Earthquake Commission continued in existence by section 4(1) of the Earthquake Commission Act 1993, or by an insurance company,—

(i) in respect of the destruction of or any damage to any property caused by the Canterbury earthquake; or

(ii) for or towards the costs of renting accommodation in place of residential premises destroyed or made uninhabitable by the Canterbury earthquake”.

Clause 18.4

Definition of cash assets: add:

“(o) any money paid to a person by the Earthquake Commission continued in existence by section 4(1) of the Earthquake Commission Act 1993, or by an insurance company,—

(i) in respect of the destruction of or any damage to any property caused by the Canterbury earthquake; or

(ii) for or towards the costs of renting accommodation in place of residential premises destroyed or made uninhabitable by the Canterbury earthquake”.

Student Allowance Transfer Grant Programme

(as established and approved on 23 July 2002)⁸

Clause 4(1)

Insert in its appropriate alphabetical order the following definition:

“Canterbury earthquake means the earthquake that occurred on 4 September 2010 in Canterbury, and includes all of its aftershocks”.

Definition of cash assets: add:

“(o) any money paid to a person by the Earthquake Commission continued in existence by section 4(1) of the Earthquake Commission Act 1993, or by an insurance company,—

(i) in respect of the destruction of or any damage to any property caused by the Canterbury earthquake; or

(ii) for or towards the costs of renting accommodation in place of residential premises destroyed or made uninhabitable by the Canterbury earthquake”.

Explanatory Note

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

This instrument amending Ministerial directions and welfare programmes, which comes into effect on the day that it is signed, excludes certain payments from a person’s cash assets, which are considered in determining his or her eligibility to the types of social security assistance specified in this instrument.

The exclusion is for money paid to a person by the Earthquake Commission or an insurance company in respect of the destruction of or any damage to any property caused by the Canterbury earthquake, or towards the costs of renting accommodation in place of residential premises destroyed or made uninhabitable by the Canterbury earthquake.

1 New Zealand Gazette, 24 June 1999, No. 75, page 1687
2 New Zealand Gazette, 16 December 1999, No. 193, page 4600
3 New Zealand Gazette, 29 January 1998, No. 14, page 349
4 New Zealand Gazette, 13 May 2004, No. 52, page 1290
5 New Zealand Gazette, 17 December 1998, No. 200, page 4769
6 New Zealand Gazette, 25 February 1999, No. 23, page 567
7 New Zealand Gazette, 28 January 1999, No. 8, page 202
8 New Zealand Gazette, 1 August 2002, No. 90, page 2435

The Treasury

Public Finance Act 1989

Statement of Guarantee Given Under the Public Finance Act 1989

Pursuant to section 65ZD(3) of the Public Finance Act 1989, the Minister of Finance makes the following statement:

“As at 4 February 2011, I, The Honourable Simon William English, Minister of Finance, on behalf of the Crown, provided a New Zealand Export Credit Office