26 SEPTEMBER 2013 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 131 3675

67. All references to steps which the Ministry may take are at the Ministry’s discretion.
68. The singular includes the plural, and vice versa.
69. Endnotes are part of this Notice but are intended only to assist in the explanation of a specific matter in the text.
70. Definitions apply to the endnotes where applicable.
71. Any term not defined has its meaning in the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000.52

Definitions

72. The following terms have the meanings given to them:

all parties – Ministry, disabled person, family carer, Ministry’s agent, and person providing replacement care (if applicable), together or separate where appropriate;

authorised representative – the person who has the legal authority to make personal care and welfare decisions, or property decisions, or both, for the disabled person under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988; or other legal authority (this person may also be called the advocate in the Ministry’s Funded Family Care Operational Policy);

disability support services – disability support services under section 6(1) of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000;

disabled person – a person who is 18 years of age or over receiving the funded family care;

family carer – the family member who is approved by the Ministry, and employed by the disabled person, to provide the funded family care;

funded family care – the policy made by the Government under Part 4A of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000; and includes the Ministry’s Funded Family Care Operational Policy, this Notice, guidelines and related resources referring to funded family care, which is published on www.health.govt.nz;

home – the disabled person’s usual place of residence, or any other place where the disability support services are regularly provided (including outdoor activities and community based activities that are directly related to the funded family care);

Host – the Ministry’s agent providing assistance with the set-up of the funded family care arrangements and initial and ongoing advice on the employment relationship;

individual service arrangement – the arrangement of personal care or household tasks, or both, for the disabled person, recorded in the template in the Ministry’s Funded Family Care Operational Policy, guidelines, and related resources, (the individual service arrangement is called the Individual Service Plan in that Policy);

Ministry – Ministry of Health (representing the Crown);

Ministry’s agent – the Ministry’s contracted service provider including:
(a) the NASC, which work with disabled people to help identify their needs and coordinate their disability services; and
(b) the Host;

Monitoring – as set out in the Ministry’s Funded Family Care Operational Policy;

NASC – Needs Assessment and Service Co-ordination agencies; and

replacement care – funded family care, provided by another person when the family carer is unable to provide that care, for example when the family carer is on leave.

Issued at Wellington on 23 September 2013.

HON TONY RYALL, Minister of Health.

Appendix (clause 49)

Information to be provided to the Ministry

The following information must be provided to the Ministry:

(a) the identity and age of the family carer;
(b) the relationship of the family carer to the disabled person;
(c) confirmation that the family carer is physically capable of providing the services;
(d) that the family carer has the necessary skills, qualifications and or experience to provide the services;
(e) bank account details of the disabled person;
(f) the GST number of the disabled person (if they are registered for GST);
(g) individual service arrangement; and
(h) any written record of any assessment, evaluation, monitoring, and auditing.

Endnotes

1. See in particular sections 70A to 70D in Part 4A (inserted by section 4 of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Amendment Act 2013). Part 4A commenced on 21 May 2013. Its purpose is to provide a framework to enable the Crown to fund disability support services within sustainable limits
2. Or their legally authorised representative
3. Section 88(1)(a) of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000
4. After 12 weeks' public notice is given of any amendment (section 88(2) of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000)
5. Funded Family Care is a Disability Support Services operational policy under the Ministry’s Paid Family Carers policy; see www.health.govt.nz
6. The Ministry’s Funded Family Care Operational Policy is published on www.health.govt.nz
7. The annual rate of the adult minimum wage (and other employer obligations) is published on www.dol.govt.nz/er/pay/minimumwage
8. The person providing replacement care is also a member of the partnering relationship when such care is required
9. The template for the individual service arrangement is included as an appendix to the Ministry’s Funded Family Care Operational Policy