NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 69 — 25 JUNE 2015

(c) is, within a period specified by the chief executive, likely to be a tenant under a tenancy agreement for alternative housing; and

(d) in the case of an applicant who has previously been granted conditional grant letter assistance, either—

(i) there is no decision pending or likely to be made under clause 52 to make payment of that grant on a claim for payment made within the period specified by the chief executive under clause 49; or

(ii) the chief executive is satisfied that no assistance is payable under that grant because none of the conditions for payment under clause 51 have been met.

47 Conditional grant letter assistance: ineligibility

An applicant is ineligible for conditional grant letter assistance if he or she has cash assets or income in excess of the cash assets limit or the income limit.

48 Conditional grant letter assistance: components and limits

(1) Conditional grant letter assistance granted to an applicant under clause 6(1) comprises the following components:

(a) a sum towards the payment of any letting fees for alternative housing not exceeding 1 week’s lower quartile rent plus GST:

(b) a sum towards any bond demanded for the alternative housing not exceeding the lesser of—

(i) 4 weeks’ lower quartile rent; and

(ii) $2,000:

(c) a sum towards any rent in advance demanded for the alternative housing at the start of the tenancy not exceeding the lesser of—

(i) 2 weeks’ lower quartile rent; and

(ii) $1,000.

(2) In this clause, lower quartile rent means the weekly lower quartile market rent for the area in New Zealand in which the applicant seeks alternative housing as most recently published by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

49 Conditional grant letter assistance: conditional grant

Any conditional grant letter assistance granted to an applicant under clause 6(1) is a conditional grant and is only payable if and to the extent that the applicant has, within a period specified by the chief executive, met the conditions for payment of all or part of that assistance under clause 51.

50 Conditional grant letter assistance: procedure following grant

(1) If the chief executive grants conditional grant assistance under clause 6(1) to an applicant, the chief executive must—

(a) issue the applicant with a letter (a conditional grant letter) stating—

(i) that the applicant has been granted conditional grant letter assistance; and

(ii) the components and maximum amounts of that assistance; and

(iii) the conditions for payment of all or any of that assistance (as set out in clause 51); and

(iv) the period in which the conditional grant letter is valid (being the period specified under clause 49 within which the conditions of the grant must be satisfied); and

(v) the information and documentation the applicant must supply to the department within that period to satisfy the department that the conditions of grant have been met; and

(b) take reasonable steps to assist the applicant to understand the conditions of the grant.

(2) A conditional grant letter may contain any other information or advice the chief executive thinks fit.

51 Conditional grant letter assistance: conditions of payment

The conditions that must be met before conditional grant letter assistance is payable under clause 52 are that, within the period specified by the chief executive under clause 49, the applicant has supplied the department with the information and documentation required to satisfy the chief executive that—

(a) the applicant (whether alone or together with another person) has become a tenant under a tenancy agreement for alternative housing; and

(b) for payment of the letting fees assistance component of the assistance, the applicant has paid or become liable to pay a letting fee in respect of entering that tenancy agreement; and