3 OCTOBER 2013 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 137 3747

Instrument

1. Title—This instrument is the Direction on Advance Payment of Benefits Amendment 2013.

2. Commencement—This instrument comes into effect on the day after it is made.

3. Principal direction—This instrument amends the Direction on Advance Payment of Benefits¹ given on 25 May 1999 (the principal direction).

4. Clause 1 amended (Interpretation)—In clause 1.1, insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:

"preferred supplier means a person, body, or organisation with whom the chief executive has, under section 125AA(3) of the Act, contracted for the supply of goods and services for purchase by beneficiaries or other persons."

5. Clause 4.1 amended (Amount of Advance)—After clause 4.1, insert:

"4.1A If the particular immediate need of the applicant relates to the supply of any goods or services to the applicant or a member of the applicant’s family and section 82(6AA) of the Act applies to the applicant, the amount of the advance should be the least amount required under the contract with the preferred supplier under section 125AA(3) of the Act to purchase the goods or services from the preferred supplier."

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of September 2013.

HON PAULA BENNETT, Minister for Social Development.

Explanatory Note

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

This instrument, which takes effect on the day after it is made, amends the Ministerial Direction on Advance Payment of Benefits under the Social Security Act 1964 (“the Act”).

The amendment reflects that where a preferred supplier arrangement is in place, the advance payment is the least amount required under the contract with the preferred supplier under section 125AA(3) of the Act to purchase the goods or services needed to meet the particular immediate need of the applicant.

¹ New Zealand Gazette, 24 June 1999, No. 75, page 1687

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Recoverable Assistance Programme Amendment 2013

Pursuant to section 124(1)(d) of the Social Security Act 1964, the Minister for Social Development makes the following instrument.

Instrument

1. Title—This instrument is the Recoverable Assistance Programme Amendment 2013.

2. Commencement—This instrument comes into effect on the day after it is made.

3. Principal programme—This instrument amends the Recoverable Assistance Programme (as established and approved on 15 February 1999)¹ (the principal programme).

4. Clause 3 amended (Definitions)—In clause 3.1, insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:

"preferred supplier means a person, body, or organisation with whom the chief executive has, under section 125AA(3) of the Act, contracted for the supply of goods and services for purchase by beneficiaries or other persons."

5. Clause 11.9 amended (Emergency Household Needs)—Replace clause 11.9.2(b) with:

"(b) if section 124(1BA) of the Act applies to the applicant, the least amount required by the applicant to purchase one or more of a washing machine, combined refrigerator-freezer, freezer, or refrigerator under the contract with the preferred supplier under section 125AA(3)."

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of September 2013.

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 the day after it is made, amends the Recoverable Assistance Programme under the Social Security Act 1964 (“the Act”) to recognise that certain items for which recoverable assistance is available for emergency household needs may be supplied by a preferred supplier with whom the Ministry has entered into a contract under section 125AA of the Act.

¹ New Zealand Gazette, 25 February 1999, No. 23, page 567

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Authorities and Other Agencies of State Notices

Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand

Civil Aviation Act 1990

Summary of Exemptions Granted by the Director of Civil Aviation

Pursuant to section 37(3) of the Civil Aviation Act 1990, notification is hereby given that the Director of Civil Aviation has granted the following exemptions from the Civil Aviation Rule requirements during the first Quarter of 2013-2014: