10 JULY 2014 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 73

• $12.77 (inclusive of 15% GST) per leviable importation for which an inward cargo transaction fee is payable under Regulation 13A(2)(b) of the Customs and Excise Regulations 1996 in respect of cargo or goods carried on an aircraft;

• $17.63 (inclusive of 15% GST) per leviable importation for which an import entry transaction fee is payable under Regulation 24A of the Customs and Excise Regulations 1996.

The levy is calculated on the basis of dividing:

(a) the estimated annual costs incurred by the Ministry for Primary Industries; by

(b) the estimated total number of annual leviable importations that:

(i) are required to be entered under section 39 of the Customs and Excise Act 1996;

(ii) are deemed to have been entered under Regulation 23 of the Customs and Excise Regulations 1996.

Dated this 8th day of July 2014.

ANDREW COLEMAN, Chief Operations Officer, Ministry for Primary Industries (acting under delegated authority).

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Food Act 1981

Notice Under the Food Act 1981

(Notice No. MPI 362)

Pursuant to section 11G of the Food Act 1981, notice is given of the issue on 30 June 2014 of the New Zealand (Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code) Food Standards 2002, Amendment No. 58, which comes into force on 7 August 2014.

A copy of these food standards incorporating Amendment No. 58 may be inspected free of charge at or purchased from the office of the Ministry for Primary Industries, Pastoral House, 25 The Terrace (PO Box 2526), Wellington.

It can also be viewed on the website
www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/zealand-australia-zealand-food-standards/amendments/index.htm

Dated at Wellington this 1st day of July 2014.

DEBORAH ROCHE, Deputy Director-General Policy and Trade, Ministry for Primary Industries (acting under delegated authority).

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Social Development

Social Security Act 1964

Ministerial Direction on Debt Recovery

To: The Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development.

Pursuant to sections 5 and 86(1BC) of the Social Security Act 1964, the Minister for Social Development gives the following direction.

Direction

1. Title—This direction is the Ministerial Direction on Debt Recovery.

2. Commencement—This direction comes into force on 7 July 2014.

3. Interpretation—(1) In this direction, unless the context otherwise requires—

Act means the Social Security Act 1964.

advance payment of benefit means an advance payment of a benefit under section 82(6) of the Act.

age, in relation to a debt, means the length of time since the debt became recoverable under section 86 of the Act.

allowance has the meaning in section 302 of the Education Act 1989.

debt—

(a) means a debt due to the Crown referred to in section 85A of the Act; and

(b) includes, where the social housing agency is the department, an amount that the social housing agency may recover as a debt due to the Crown under section 74(3), 94(2) or 127(2) of the Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters Act 1992 and that must, under section 128(a) of that Act, be treated as a debt due to the Crown under section 85A of the Act.

debtor means a person from whom a debt or part of a debt may be recovered, and in a case where a debt or part of a debt may be recovered from more than one person, means the person from whom that debt or part of that debt is sought to be recovered.

deduction notice means a deduction notice under section 86A of the Act.

dependant, in relation to a debtor, means—

(a) a dependent child of the debtor; and

(b) any other person who is wholly or primarily dependent on the debtor for financial support and who ordinarily resides with the debtor; and

(c) any other person who is under the care of the debtor as a consequence of that person’s inability to live independently for reasons of disability, illness, or advanced age.

method of recovery, in relation to a debt, means a method referred to in section 86(1BB) of the Act and includes issue of a deduction notice.

student loan has the meaning in section 302 of the Education Act 1989.

(2) Terms otherwise defined in sections 3(1) and 86D of the Act have the same meanings in this direction.

4. Rate and method of recovery—(1) In determining the rate of recovery, or the method of recovery, or both, in respect of a debt under section 86(1BA)(a) of the Act, the chief executive must give consideration to the following matters:

(a) the amount of the debt;

(b) the ability of the debtor to meet his or her needs and the needs of his or her dependants;

(c) the circumstances of the debtor and his or her dependants;

(d) whether the rate or method of recovery would cause undue hardship to the debtor or any of his or her dependants;

(e) the effect that the rate and method of recovery will have on the ability of the debtor to:

(i) support himself or herself;

(ii) fulfil any other obligations that he or she has under the Act;

(f) the cost of recovery.

(2) Subclause (1) is subject to subclauses (3) and (4).