NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 54 — 16 JUNE 2016

(b) the costs of hiring a truck, van, or trailer; and

(c) actual and reasonable fuel costs.

62 Relocation from Auckland assistance: amounts and limits

(1) The total amount of any relocation from Auckland moving grant must not exceed $5,000.00 unless the chief executive determines there are exceptional circumstances.

(2) The amount of a relocation from Auckland moving grant for an applicant to whom clause 57(2) applies must be set having regard to the amount of assistance the applicant has received under the Employment and Work Readiness Assistance Programme.

(3) The amount of any relocation from Auckland establishment grant is—

(a) $2,000.00 if the applicant (whether alone or together with his or her household) is moving into social housing in another region; or

(b) $3,000.00 if the applicant (whether alone or together with his or her household) is moving into alternative housing in another region.

(4) The amounts set out above are per household and are payable to the applicant or, if there is more than one applicant, to the applicants in equal shares.

63 Relocation from Auckland assistance – grant letter

(1) If the chief executive grants relocation from Auckland assistance to an applicant, the chief executive may—

(a) issue the applicant with a letter stating—

(i) that the applicant has been granted relocation from Auckland assistance; and

(ii) the components and maximum amounts of that assistance (as set out in clause 62); and

(b) take reasonable steps to assist the applicant to understand that the establishment grant may become recoverable (as set out in clause 64).

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

64 When relocation from Auckland establishment grant becomes recoverable

(1) A relocation from Auckland establishment grant becomes recoverable if subclause (2) applies unless the chief executive considers there are exceptional circumstances why the grant ought not to be recoverable.

(2) This subclause applies if, within 52 weeks from the date of payment of the grant or any component of the grant—

(a) the applicant or his or her spouse or partner becomes or again becomes a person awaiting allocation of social housing in Auckland; or

(b) the assistance is not used for the purpose for which it was paid (re-establishment in the region to which the applicant moved or intended to move).

(3) If the relocation from Auckland establishment grant becomes recoverable under subclause (1), the amount of the grant 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 9th day of June 2016.

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 20 June 2016. It amends the Housing Support Assistance Programme under the Social Security Act 1964. The effect of this instrument is to insert a new Part 4 that introduces relocation from Auckland assistance; new grants for moving and establishment for applicants and/or households who currently live in Auckland to relocate indefinitely to another region. The new establishment grant will be recoverable in certain circumstances.

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

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Instrument Amending Special Needs Grants Programme 2016

This instrument is made, under section 124(1)(d) of the Social Security Act 1964, by the Minister for Social Development.