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 Direction and Welfare Programmes 2013.
2. Commencement-This instrument comes into force on 1 April 2013.
3. Principal direction and welfare programmes-This instrument amends the direction and welfare programmes specified in Schedules 1 and 2 (the principal direction and welfare programmes).
4. Amendments-Amend the principal direction and welfare programmes in the manner set out in Schedules 1 and 2.
Schedule 1
Clause 4
Amendments to direction and welfare programmes
Direction in relation to Special Benefit (given on 10 February 1999)1
Schedule
In the Schedule, revoke clause 2.
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) 87.58 88.11
Clause 1(b) 122.07 122.81
Clause 1(c) 229.02 230.42
Clause 4(a) 116.69 117.40
Clause 4(b) 165.61 166.62
Clause 4(c) 302.12 303.96
Clause 5 129.03 129.82
Clause 6(a) 116.69 117.40
Clause 6(b) 165.61 166.62
Clause 6(c) 129.03 129.82
Clause 7(a) 165.86 166.87
Clause 7(b) 165.86 166.87
Clause 7(c) 302.58 304.43
Clause 9 192.94 194.12
Clause 10 278.33 280.03
Clause 13 216.74 218.06
Clause 15 302.12 303.96
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 "$7.29" with "$7.33".
New Employment Transition Grant Programme (as established and approved on 9 December 1998)3
Clause 5.1.1
In clause 5.1.1, replace "$67.50" with "$68.00".
Clause 5.2
In clause 5.2, replace "$675" with "$680".
Seasonal Work Assistance Programme (as established and approved on 7 July 2002)4
Clause 7(3)
In clause 7(3), replace "$830" with "$840".
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 47 84
More than 8 and not more than 16 hours 94 168
More than 16 and not more than 24 hours 141 252
More than 24 and not more than 32 hours 188 336
More than 32 hours 235 420"
Training Incentive Allowance Programme (as established and approved on 30 November 1998)5
Clause 6.1.1
In clause 6.1.1, replace "$103.95" and "$4,158.00" with "$104.58" and "4,183.20" respectively.
Clause 6.4.2
In clause 6.4.2, replace "$4,158.00" with "$4,183.20".
Schedule 2
Clause 4
Amendments to welfare programmes
Home Help Programme (as established and approved on 6 May 2004)6
Schedule
Clause 1(a)
In the Schedule, in clause 1(a), replace "$14.21" with "$14.47".
Clause 1A
In the Schedule, revoke clause 1A.
Special Transfer Allowance Programme 2000 (as established and approved on 13 November 2000)7
Schedule
In the Schedule, replace "$235", "$187", "$145", "$299", "$250", and "$207" with "$256", "$208", "$163", "$331", "$271", and "$232" respectively.
Dated at Wellington this 12th day of March 2013.
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 2013, amends a Ministerial direction 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 0.61% increase in the New Zealand Consumers Price Index from the December 2011 quarter to the December 2012 quarter (calculated using the CPI All Groups excluding cigarettes and other tobacco products).
- revokes an obsolete special benefit standard cost (in clause 2 of the Schedule of the Ministerial Direction in relation to Special Benefit) as no youth support payment recipient is eligible for a special benefit.
Clause 4 and Schedule 2 amends the:
- Home Help Programme, to adjust the hourly rate to reflect a 1.85% increase in the adult minimum wage, and to revoke provision for an automatic increase in the rates of home help based on increases to the minimum wage - as the hourly rate is adjusted each year for increases to the minimum wage, provision for automatic increase is unnecessary duplication.
- Special Transfer Allowance Programme 2000 to adjust average regional rents to reflect movements in rentals.
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, page No. 78, page 2079
5New Zealand Gazette, 10 December 1998, No. 198, page 4695
6New Zealand Gazette, 13 May 2004, No. 52, page 1290
7New Zealand Gazette, 16 November 2000, No. 154, page 3995