NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 31

14 MARCH 2013

Primary Industries

Animal Products Act 1999

Notice Under the Animal Products Act 1999

(Notice No. MPI 135)

Pursuant to section 164 of the Animal Products Act 1999, notice is given of the issue on 28 February 2013 of the Animal Products (Official Assurances Specifications) Notice 2013 which came into force on 1 March 2013.

A copy of the notice may be inspected or obtained at the office of the Ministry for Primary Industries, Pastoral House, 25 The Terrace, Wellington.

It can also be viewed on the website

www.foodsafety.govt.nz

Dated this 28th day of February 2013.

TIM KNOX, Director Market Assurance, Ministry for Primary Industries (acting pursuant to delegated authority).

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(2) In clause 5(1), definition of temporary accommodation costs, replace “his or her family who usually reside with the person”, with “the person’s household”.

(3) In clause 5(1), definition of temporary accommodation costs, paragraph (a), replace “the person”, with “the person (A) from another person (not being the spouse or partner of A or any other joint owner or owner in common in respect of the affected premises (B) or B’s spouse or partner) in an arm’s length transaction”.

Social Development

Social Security Act 1964

Temporary Accommodation Assistance (Canterbury Earthquake) Amendment (No. 2) 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 Temporary Accommodation Assistance (Canterbury Earthquake) Amendment (No. 2) 2013.

2. Commencement—This instrument comes into effect on the day after the date on which it is established and approved.

3. Principal programme—This instrument amends the Temporary Accommodation Assistance (Canterbury Earthquake) Programme* (the principal programme).

4. Clause 5 amended (Interpretation)—(1) In clause 5(1), insert in their appropriate alphabetical order:

“arm’s length transaction means a transaction that the parties would have entered into if they were:

(a) connected or related only by the transaction; and

(b) acting independently; and

(c) each acting in his or her or its own best interests”.

“household, in relation to a person, means the person and the members of the person’s family and other persons (not being boarders) usually residing with him or her; and members of the person’s household has a corresponding meaning”.

“member of the person’s family, in relation to a person, includes any other person to whom the person is related by marriage, civil union, or de facto relationship”.

5. Clause 6 amended (Application of the Act)—In clause 6, replace “relocation” with “accommodation”.

6. Clause 8 amended (Temporary accommodation assistance)—(1) In clause 8(3), after “subject to”, insert “subclause (3A) and”.

(2) In clause 8, after subclause (3), insert as new subclause (3A):

“(3A) For the avoidance of doubt, even if a person and 1 or more members of the person’s household are the owners in respect of any affected premises jointly or in common, only 1 of those owners may be granted temporary accommodation assistance in respect of the temporary accommodation costs of the person and the members of the person’s household.”

7. Clause 9 amended (Rates of temporary accommodation assistance)—In clause 9, replace paragraphs (a) to (c) with:

“(a) for a person whose household comprises 3 or more people, $330 a week;

(b) for a person whose household comprises 2 people, $275 a week:

(c) for a person whose household comprises 1 person, $180 a week.”

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of February 2013.

HON PAULA BENNETT, Minister for Social Development.

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of this instrument, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This instrument amends the Temporary Accommodation Assistance (Canterbury Earthquake) Programme to clarify its intent. In particular:

• clause 5 corrects a drafting error;

• clauses 7 and 4(2) amend the rates of temporary accommodation assistance in clause 9 of the programme to express them in terms of household size, and clause 4(1) inserts new definitions in clause 5 to clarify who is a member of a person’s household;

• clause 4(3) amends the definition of temporary accommodation costs in clause 5 to clarify that it does not include rent paid to a spouse or partner, a co-owner of the affected premises, or a co-owner’s spouse or partner, or in an arrangement that is not an arm’s length transaction. Clause 5(1) inserts a definition of this term in clause 5;

• clause 6 inserts a new subclause (3A) in clause 8 to make it clear that where the affected premises are co-owned by a person and 1 or more members of the person’s household, only 1 of the owners may be granted temporary accommodation assistance in respect of the temporary accommodation costs of the person and the members of the person’s household.

*New Zealand Gazette, 3 March 2011, No. 23, page 619
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