✨ Definitions and Interpretations
1870 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 79
8 JUNE 2011
seeking paid employment, in relation to a person who is eligible to receive services funded under the Act, means the person is registered for employment with Work and Income, Workbridge, or employment support services associated with specific disability organisations such as Deaf Aotearoa or the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind
services manager—
(a) means a person authorised by the Ministry of Health to administer and approve the hearing aid subsidy or hearing aid funding (as the case may require) on behalf of the Ministry of Health; and
(b) includes anyone who works for the services manager (whether as an employee or otherwise)
severe long-term hearing loss since childhood, in relation to a person who is eligible to receive services funded under the Act, means—
(a) the average of the person’s 3 worst hearing threshold levels, which have been measured at audiometric frequencies of 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz, is equal to or greater than 70 dB HL in the better ear; and
(b) the person has had a continuous need for hearing aids since childhood
significant intellectual disability, in relation to a person, means significantly sub-average general intelligence that—
(a) may be indicated by an IQ of 70 or below on an individually administered IQ test; and
(b) reduces the person’s ability to communicate effectively
significant physical disability, in relation to a person, means a significant long-term physical disability that affects the person’s ability to communicate effectively (for example, a person who has difficulties with expressive communication due to a neurological condition)
significant visual disability, in relation to a person, means that—
(a) the person’s corrected vision (with lenses) does not exceed 6/24 in the person’s better eye; or
(b) the person has significant limitation in their binocular central field vision not less than 10° in extent at the widest diameter; or
(c) the person’s overall binocular visual field is no greater than 30° at its widest diameter
sudden and severe hearing loss during adulthood, in relation to a person who is eligible to receive services funded under the Act, means that, within the last 6 months,—
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