✨ Ministerial Direction Amendment
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 146 — 4 DECEMBER 2014
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Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of December 2014.
KAREN ADAIR, Director Food Policy, Policy and Trade, Ministry for Primary Industries (acting under delegated authority).
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Ministerial Direction—Living Alone Payments Amendment 2014
Pursuant to section 5 of the Social Security Act 1964, the Minister for Social Development makes the following instrument.
Instrument
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Title—This instrument is the Ministerial Direction—Living Alone Payments Amendment 2014.
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Commencement—This instrument comes into force on 7 December 2014.
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Principal direction—This instrument amends the direction formerly titled the Ministerial Direction—Living Alone Payments dated the 23rd day of November 1999* (the principal direction).
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Title of principle direction amended—In the title, replace "Living Alone Payments" with "Single Living Alone Rates".
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Principal direction amended—Amend the principal direction in the manner set out in the Schedule.
Schedule
Clause 5
Amendments to principal direction
Enacting formula
In the enacting formula, replace "applications for living alone payments and reviews of living alone payments" with "assessments and reviews of single living alone rates".
Heading above preamble
Replace the heading above the preamble with "Entitlement to single living alone rate".
Preamble
Replace the preamble with:
"You must have regard to the matters set out in this direction if, under section 12 or 81 of the Social Security Act 1964, you are assessing or reviewing a person’s entitlement to receive the single living alone rate of New Zealand superannuation."
Clause 1
Replace clause 1 with:
"1. Interpretation—In this direction, living alone and single living alone rate have the same meanings as in section 4 of the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001."
Clause 2
Above clause 2, insert:
"2. Meaning of house or flat"
In clause 2, replace "2. You should" with "When assessing whether a person is living alone, you should".
In clause 2, replace "an Applicant" with "the person".
Dated at Wellington this 27th day of November 2014.
Hon ANNE TOLLEY, 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 force on 7 December 2014, retitles and amends the Ministerial Direction—
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