NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 35

22 MARCH 2012

Training Incentive Allowance Programme

(as established and approved on 30 November 1998)⁵

Clause 6.1.1

In clause 6.1.1, replace "$102.14" and "$4,085.60" with "$103.95" and "$4,158.00" respectively.

Clause 6.4.2

In clause 6.4.2, replace "$4,085.60" with "$4,158.00".

Schedule 2

Amendments to Direction and Welfare Programmes

Direction on Advance Payments of Benefits

(given on 25 May 1999)⁶

Clause 4.2

Replace clause 4.2 with:

"4.2 In no case is the amount of any Advance, or the total of the amount of any Advance and the amount of all prior Advances that have not been repaid, to exceed the instalments of the benefit payable to the beneficiary and his or her spouse or partner (if any) over a period of 6 weeks.

4.3 Clause 4.2 is subject to clause 7.1."

Home Help Programme

(as established and approved on 6 May 2004)⁷

Schedule

Clause 1(a)

In the Schedule, in clause 1(a), replace "$13.68" with "$14.21".

Clause 1A

In the Schedule, in clause 1A, replace "2011" with "2012".

Recoverable Assistance Programme

(as established and approved on 15 February 1999)⁸

Clause 9.2

Replace clause 9.2 with:

"9.2 Except where the Chief Executive considers exceptional circumstances exist, the amount of any Payment, or the total of the amount of any Payment and the amount of all prior Payments that have not been repaid, must not exceed the lesser of—

(a) the equivalent of the maximum weekly rate of an invalid’s benefit that the Applicant and his or her spouse or partner (if any) would be entitled to receive over a period of 6 weeks if the Applicant were entitled to that benefit; and

(b) any maximum amount stated in the clause under which the Payment is granted."

Special Transfer Allowance Programme 2000

(as established and approved on 13 November 2000)⁹

Schedule

In the Schedule, replace "$222", "$171", "$147", "$287", "$236", and "$209" with "$235", "$187", "$145", "$299", "$250", and "$207" respectively.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of March 2012.

HON PAULA BENNETT, Minister for Social Development.

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 1 April 2012, amends two Ministerial directions and a number of Ministerial welfare programmes under the Social Security Act 1964.

Clause 4 and Schedule 1 adjusts certain rates, standard costs, and limits to reflect a 1.77% increase in the New Zealand Consumers Price Index from the December 2010 quarter to the December 2011 quarter (calculated using the CPI All Groups excluding cigarettes and other tobacco products).

Clause 4 and Schedule 2 amend the:

• Direction on Advance Payments of Benefits to limit the amount of any advance, or the total of any advance and any prior advances that have not been repaid, to the equivalent of instalments of the benefit payable to the beneficiary and the beneficiary’s spouse or partner (if any) over a 6-week period;

• Home Help Programme to align the hourly rate with a 3.85% increase in the adult minimum wage;

• Recoverable Assistance Programme, to limit the amount of any grant of special assistance under it, or the total of any grant and any prior grants that have not been repaid, to the equivalent of instalments of an invalid’s benefit that would be payable to the Applicant and the Applicant’s spouse or partner (if any) over a 6-week period;

• Special Transfer Allowance Programme 2000 to adjust average regional rents to reflect movements in rentals.

Key to Annotations

1 New Zealand Gazette, 16 December 1999, No. 193, page 4599.

2 New Zealand Gazette, 15 December 2005, No. 207, page 5275.

3 New Zealand Gazette, 17 December 1998, No. 200, page 4769.

4 New Zealand Gazette, 11 July 2002, No. 78, page 2079.

5 New Zealand Gazette, 10 December 1998, No. 198, page 4965.

6 New Zealand Gazette, 24 June 1999, No. 75, page 1687.

7 New Zealand Gazette, 13 May 2004, No. 52, page 1290.

8 New Zealand Gazette, 25 February 1999, No. 23, page 567.

9 New Zealand Gazette, 16 November 2000, No. 154, page 3995.

Transport

Civil Aviation Act 1990

State Sector Act 1988

Notice of Intention to Consider Issuing a Scheduled International Air Service Licence

Pursuant to section 87E(1) of the Civil Aviation Act 1990, sections 41(1) and 42 of the State Sector Act 1988, and a delegation from the Secretary for Transport dated 6 November 2007, I give notice that having received an application from Air New Zealand Limited, the Minister of Transport intends to consider issuing the airline a scheduled international air service licence (that would replace its current licence due to expire on 30 June 2012), and which would include enhanced route and capacity rights in respect of Japan. Further information is available from the Ministry of Transport.

Any person wishing to make representations to the Minister of Transport relating to this application must forward those representations, in writing, to reach me at the Ministry