and Welfare Programmes 2012
Pursuant to sections 5 and 124(1)(d) of the Social Security Act 1964, the Minister for Social Development makes the following instrument.
I n s t r u m e n t
1. Title-This instrument is the Instrument Amending Ministerial Directions and Welfare Programmes 2012.
2. Commencement-This instrument comes into force
on 1 April 2012.
3. Principal directions and welfare programmes amended-This instrument amends the directions
and welfare programmes specified in Schedules 1 and
2 (the principal directions and welfare programmes).
4. Amendments-Amend the principal directions and welfare programmes in the manner set out in Schedules
1 and 2.
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Schedule 1
Clause 4
Amendments to Direction and Welfare Programmes
Direction in Relation to Special Benefit
(given on 10 February 1999)1
Schedule
In each provision of the Schedule listed in the first column of the following table, replace the expression set out in the second column with the expression set out in third column.
Column 1
Provision amended Column 2
Expressions
replaced
$ Column 3
Replacement
expressions
$
Clause 1(a) 86.06 87.58
Clause 1(b) 119.95 122.07
Clause 1(c) 225.04 229.02
Clause 2 86.06 87.58
Clause 4(a) 114.66 116.69
Clause 4(b) 162.73 165.61
Clause 4(c) 296.87 302.12
Clause 5 126.79 129.03
Clause 6(a) 114.66 116.69
Clause 6(b) 162.73 165.61
Clause 6(c) 126.79 129.03
Clause 7(a) 162.98 165.86
Clause 7(b) 162.98 165.86
Clause 7(c) 297.32 302.58
Clause 9 189.58 192.94
Clause 10 273.49 278.33
Clause 13 212.97 216.74
Clause 15 296.87 302.12
Family Start and Early Start (Childcare Assistance) Programme
(as established and approved on 12 September 2005)2
Clause 8(3)
In clause 8(3), replace "$7.16" with "$7.29".
New Employment Transition Grant Programme
(as established and approved on 9 December 1998)3
Clause 5.1.1
In clause 5.1.1, replace "$66.00" with "$67.50".
Clause 5.2
In clause 5.2, replace "$660" with "$675".
Seasonal Work Assistance Programme
(as established and approved on 7 July 2002)4
Clause 7(3)
In clause 7(3), replace "$810" with "$830".
Schedule 1
In Schedule 1, replace the table with:
"Total period of
work missed
(per week) For a single applicant with
no dependent children
$ For any other applicant


$
8 hours or less 46.00 83.00
More than 8 and not more than 16 hours
92.00
166.00
More than 16 and not more than 24 hours
138.00
249.00
More than 24 and not more than 32 hours
184.00
332.00
More than 32 hours 230.00 415.00"
Training Incentive Allowance Programme
(as established and approved on 30 November 1998)5
Clause 6.1.1
In clause 6.1.1, replace "$102.14" and "$4,085.60" with "$103.95" and "$4,158.00" respectively.
Clause 6.4.2
In clause 6.4.2, replace "$4,085.60" with "$4,158.00".
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Schedule 2
Clause 4
Amendments to Direction and Welfare Programmes
Direction on Advance Payments of Benefits
(given on 25 May 1999)6
Clause 4.2
Replace clause 4.2 with:
"4.2 In no case is the amount of any Advance, or the total of the amount of any Advance and the amount of all prior Advances that have not been repaid, to exceed the instalments of the benefit payable to the beneficiary and his or her spouse or partner (if any) over a period of 6 weeks.
4.3 Clause 4.2 is subject to clause 7.1."
Home Help Programme
(as established and approved on 6 May 2004)7
Schedule
Clause 1(a)
In the Schedule, in clause 1(a), replace "$13.68" with "$14.21".
Clause 1A
In the Schedule, in clause 1A, replace "2011" with "2012".
Recoverable Assistance Programme
(as established and approved on 15 February 1999)8
Clause 9.2
Replace clause 9.2 with:
"9.2 Except where the Chief Executive considers exceptional circumstances exist, the amount of any Payment, or the total of the amount of any Payment and the amount of all prior Payments that have not been repaid, must not exceed the lesser of-
(a) the equivalent of the maximum weekly rate of an invalid’s benefit that the Applicant and his or her spouse or partner (if any) would be entitled to receive over a period of 6 weeks if the Applicant were entitled to that benefit; and
(b) any maximum amount stated in the clause under which the Payment is granted."
Special Transfer Allowance Programme 2000
(as established and approved on 13 November 2000)9
Schedule
In the Schedule, replace "$222", "$171", "$147", "$287", "$236", and "$209" with "$235", "$187", "$145", "$299", "$250", and "$207" respectively.
Dated at Wellington this 12th day of March 2012.
HON PAULA BENNETT, Minister for Social Development.
Explanatory Note
This note is not part of the instrument, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This instrument, which comes into effect on 1 April 2012, amends two Ministerial directions and a number of Ministerial welfare programmes under the Social Security Act 1964.
Clause 4 and Schedule 1 adjusts certain rates, standard costs, and limits to reflect a 1.77% increase in the
New Zealand Consumers Price Index from the December 2010 quarter to the December 2011 quarter (calculated using the CPI All Groups excluding cigarettes and other tobacco products).
Clause 4 and Schedule 2 amend the:
- Direction on Advance Payments of Benefits to limit the amount of any advance, or the total of any advance
and any prior advances that have not been repaid,
to the equivalent of instalments of the benefit payable to the beneficiary and the beneficiary’s spouse or partner (if any) over a 6-week period;
- Home Help Programme to align the hourly rate with a 3.85% increase in the adult minimum wage;
- Recoverable Assistance Programme, to limit the amount of any grant of special assistance under it, or the total of any grant and any prior grants that have not been repaid, to the equivalent of instalments of an invalid’s benefit that would be payable to the Applicant and the Applicant’s spouse or partner (if any) over a 6-week period;
- Special Transfer Allowance Programme 2000 to adjust average regional rents to reflect movements in rentals.
Key to Annotations
1New Zealand Gazette, 16 December 1999, No. 193, page 4599.
2New Zealand Gazette, 15 December 2005, No. 207, page 5275.
3New Zealand Gazette, 17 December 1998, No. 200, page 4769.
4New Zealand Gazette, 11 July 2002, No. 78, page 2079.
5New Zealand Gazette, 10 December 1998, No. 198, page 4965.
6New Zealand Gazette, 24 June 1999, No. 75, page 1687.
7New Zealand Gazette, 13 May 2004, No. 52, page 1290.
8New Zealand Gazette, 25 February 1999, No. 23, page 567.
9New Zealand Gazette, 16 November 2000, No. 154, page 3995.