Pursuant to section 124 (1) (d) of the Social Security Act 1964, the Minister for Social Development and Employment establishes and approves the following amendment to the Assistance to Live Organ Donors Programme (as established and approved on 18 January 2005 and published in the
New Zealand Gazette, 3 February 2005, page 774).
Dated at Wellington this 28th day of August 2005.
STEVE MAHAREY, Minister for Social Development and Employment.
A m e n d m e n t
1. Title—(1) This amendment is the Assistance to Live Organ Donors Amendment (No. 2) 2005.
(2) In this amendment, the Assistance to Live Organ Donors Programme is called “the programme”.
2. Commencement—This amendment comes into effect on the day after the date on which it is published in the
New Zealand Gazette.
3. New clause inserted—The programme is amended by inserting, after clause P6, the following clause:
“P6A Treatment of foregone employment
(1) This clause applies if a person to whom the chief executive is satisfied paragraphs (a) to (d) of clause P6 (1) apply—
(a) has, since 1 February 2005, foregone employment for the purpose, or the predominant purpose, of undergoing
the operation to retrieve the kidney or liver tissue; and
(b) left his or her employment for that purpose between a date on or about the date
the person received notice that a date for the operation had been allocated and the date
on which the operation took place; and
(c) was not in employment on the date of the operation.
(2) The chief executive may, under clause P6 (1) (f), treat the person as a person who will forego
income from employment during the person’s convalescence from the operation.”
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Explanatory Note
This note is not part of the amendment, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This amendment to the Assistance to Live Organ Donors Programme, which comes into effect on the day after it is published in the New Zealand Gazette, allows a person who foregoes employment for the purpose of undergoing an operation to retrieve kidney or liver tissue to be treated as
a person who will forego income from employment during the person’s convalescence from the operation.