NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 65

19 JUNE 2014

Explanatory Note

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

This direction by the joint Ministers sets the continued eligibility criteria for social housing. The Ministry of Social Development as the Social Housing Agency will use the affordability, accessibility and sustainability criteria along with the residential qualification and income and asset threshold criteria to review and determine continued eligibility for existing tenants.

This direction is effective from 1 July 2014.

Key to Annotation

1 After the deduction of income tax under the Income Tax Act 2007.
2 After the deduction of income tax under the Income Tax Act 2007.
3 After the deduction of income tax under the Income Tax Act 2007.

The Treasury

Crown Entities Act 2004

Directions to Support a Whole-of-Government Approach, Given to the House of Representatives by the Minister of State Services and the Minister of Finance Under Section 107 of the Crown Entities Act 2004

Direction regarding procurement functional leadership

The Minister of State Services and the Minister of Finance, pursuant to section 107 and subject to the provisions of section 113 of the Crown Entities Act 2004, direct all entities subject to a direction as a group under section 107(2) and section 107(2A) of the Act, except school boards of trustees, as follows:

In order to complement procurement functional leadership in supporting a whole-of-government approach to procurement policy and practice, and in order to secure economies and efficiencies and develop procurement expertise and capacity, all entities subject to a direction under section 107(2) and section 107(2A) of the Crown Entities Act 2004, except school boards of trustees, are directed to apply the Government Rules of Sourcing (as amended and published from time to time with approval by Ministers), with effect from 1 February 2015.

The entities are further directed to be guided by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, as procurement functional leader, in any issues arising in the application of the Rules.

Direction regarding ICT functional leadership

1. The Minister of State Services and the Minister of Finance, pursuant to section 107 of the Crown Entities Act 2004, direct the entities as follows:

   (a) in relation to the Government Chief Information Officer’s (GCIO) mandate for functional leadership of government ICT:

   (i) entities must secure the agreement of the GCIO to strategic ICT plans and ICT investment intentions before finalising or implementing them;

   (ii) entities must:

     (A) when they have a need for goods or services available through the relevant capabilities; and
   
     (B) either do not have current contracts for such goods or services or have such contracts that expire or can be terminated without penalty (for example at the end of a current contract term),
   
     adopt, where relevant within timeframes negotiated with the GCIO:
   
     (C) the mandatory ICT common capabilities; and
   
     (D) any new ICT common capabilities contemplated by the Government ICT Strategy and Action Plan to 2017 that the GCIO and head of State Services specify jointly are mandatory for departments (pursuant to the power of specification to this effect conferred on them by Cabinet (CAB Min (12) 35/4C refers)) (the effect of this clause 1(a)(ii)(D) is that a joint specification by the GCIO and head of State Services to departments applies automatically, under this direction, to entities).

   (iii) if an entity wishes to be exempt from the requirement to adopt:

     (A) a mandatory ICT common capability; or
   
     (B) any new mandated ICT common capability,
   
     the entity must secure the agreement of the GCIO or, failing that, the head of State Services or, failing that, the Minister of State Services and the Minister of Finance.

   (b) in relation to the GCIO’s ICT assurance function, the entities must:

   (i) if the GCIO requests, provide any information to the GCIO for the purpose of ICT assurance; and

   (ii) if issues of concern are raised about ICT assurance, work directly with the GCIO on those issues,

   except to the extent that any requirement in this clause 1 would be inconsistent with section 113 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 and provided that district health boards shall not be required to comply with clause 1(b) of this direction before 1 July 2015.

2. For Crown agents that are entities, this direction supersedes and replaces the whole-of-government direction regarding all-of-government shared authentication services dated the 21st day of July 2008, New Zealand Gazette, 18 September 2008, No. 141, page 3844. To avoid doubt, that earlier direction continues to apply to Crown agents that are not entities.

3. For the purposes of this direction:

   (a) "entities" means the Crown entities that are the subject of this direction, being the Accident Compensation Corporation, district health boards, the Earthquake Commission, the Housing New Zealand Corporation, the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, the New Zealand