Social Security Amendments




28 MARCH 2013 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 38 1145

Social Security Act 1964

Instrument Amending Ministerial Direction and Welfare Programmes 2013

Pursuant to sections 5 and 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 Instrument amending Ministerial Direction and Welfare Programmes 2013.

  2. Commencement—This instrument comes into force on 1 April 2013.

  3. Principal direction and welfare programmes—This instrument amends the direction and welfare programmes specified in Schedules 1 and 2 (the principal direction and welfare programmes).

  4. Amendments—Amend the principal direction and welfare programmes in the manner set out in Schedules 1 and 2.

Schedule 1

Clause 4

Amendments to direction and welfare programmes

Direction in relation to Special Benefit (given on 10 February 1999)¹

Schedule

In the Schedule, revoke clause 2.

In each provision of the Schedule listed in the first column of the following table, replace the expression set out in the second column with the expression set out in third column.

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provision amended Expressions replaced
$
Replacement expressions
$
Clause 1(a) 87.58 88.11
Clause 1(b) 122.07 122.81
Clause 1(c) 229.02 230.42
Clause 4(a) 116.69 117.40
Clause 4(b) 165.61 166.62
Clause 4(c) 302.12 303.96
Clause 5 129.03 129.82
Clause 6(a) 116.69 117.40
Clause 6(b) 165.61 166.62
Clause 6(c) 129.03 129.82
Clause 7(a) 165.86 166.87
Clause 7(b) 165.86 166.87
Clause 7(c) 302.58 304.43
Clause 9 192.94 194.12
Clause 10 278.33 280.03
Clause 13 216.74 218.06
Clause 15 302.12 303.96

Family Start and Early Start (Childcare Assistance) Programme (as established and approved on 12 September 2005)²

Clause 8(3)

In clause 8(3), replace “$7.29” with “$7.33”.

New Employment Transition Grant Programme (as established and approved on 9 December 1998)³

Clause 5.1.1

In clause 5.1.1, replace “$67.50” with “$68.00”.

Clause 5.2

In clause 5.2, replace “$675” with “$680”.

Seasonal Work Assistance Programme (as established and approved on 7 July 2002)⁴

Clause 7(3)

In clause 7(3), replace “$830” with “$840”.

Schedule 1

In Schedule 1, replace the table with:

Total period of work missed (per week) For a single applicant with no dependent children
$
For any other applicant
$
8 hours or less 47 84
More than 8 and not more than 16 hours 94 168
More than 16 and not more than 24 hours 141 252
More than 24 and not more than 32 hours 188 336
More than 32 hours 235 420


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