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(c) for payment of the bond component of the assistance, the tenancy agreement requires the payment of a bond; and

(d) for payment of the rent in advance component of the assistance, either—

(i) the tenancy agreement requires payment of rent in advance at the start of the tenancy; or

(ii) the landlord has demanded payment of rent in advance at the start of the tenancy

52 Conditional grant letter assistance: payment

(1) This clause applies if the chief executive is satisfied that—

(a) the conditions set out in clause 51 have been met within the period specified under clause 49; and

(b) 1 or more of paragraphs (b) to (d) of clause 51 applies.

(2) If this clause applies, the chief executive must in accordance with clause 9 make payment of the 1 or more components of the conditional grant letter assistance for which the conditions of payment have been met within the appropriate maximum amounts set out in the conditional grant letter.

53 Conditional grant letter assistance recoverable in certain circumstances

(1) Any payment of a grant of conditional grant letter assistance is recoverable from the applicant if subclause (2) applies.

(2) This subclause applies if, within 52 weeks from the date of payment of the grant or any component of the grant, the applicant or his or her spouse or partner again becomes a person awaiting allocation of social housing.

(3) If subclause (2) applies, the amount of the payment is a debt due to the Crown by the applicant for the purpose of section 85A(d)(i) of the Act."

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of June 2015.

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 comes into effect on 29 June 2015. It amends the Housing Support Assistance Programme under the Social Security Act 1964. The effect of this instrument is to introduce assistance for rent in advance as a standard grant under Part 2 of the Programme and changes the existing letting fees assistance from recoverable to non-recoverable assistance. It also inserts a new Part 3 that introduces new conditional grants of assistance towards bond, rent in advance and letting fees to encourage private landlords to let housing to people on the social housing register by providing written assurance that they will be able to access financial assistance towards the costs of entering a tenancy for alternative housing if certain conditions are met. These new conditional grants will be supported by a conditional grant letter and will be recoverable in certain circumstances.

Key to Annotation

1 New Zealand Gazette, 3 July 2014, No. 70, page 1975.

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Appointment to the Health Research Council

Pursuant to section 28(1)(a) of the Crown Entities Act 2004 and section 8(1) of the Health Research Council Act 1990, the Minister of Health has appointed

Dr Suzanne Georgina Pitama

as a member of the Health Research Commission for a three-year term of office commencing on 22 June 2015.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of June 2015.

Hon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN, Minister of Health.

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The Public Trust Common Fund Interest Rates Notice 19 June 2015

The following notice is given pursuant to section 50 of the Public Trust Act 2001 (“the Act”).

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