Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Direction on Advance Payment of Benefits Amendment 2013

Pursuant to section 5 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 Direction on Advance Payment of Benefits Amendment 2013.
2. Commencement-This instrument comes into effect on the day after it is made.
3. Principal direction-This instrument amends the Direction on Advance Payment of Benefits1 given on
25 May 1999 (the principal direction).
4. Clause 1 amended (Interpretation)-In clause 1.1, insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:
"preferred supplier means a person, body, or organisation with whom the chief executive has,
under section 125AA(3) of the Act, contracted for
the supply of goods and services for purchase by beneficiaries or other persons."
5. Clause 4.1 amended (Amount of Advance)-After clause 4.1, insert:
"4.1A If the particular immediate need of the applicant relates to the supply of any goods or services to the applicant or a member of the applicant's family and section 82(6AA) of the Act applies to the applicant, the amount of the advance should be the least amount required under the contract with the preferred supplier under section 125AA(3) of the Act to purchase the goods or services from the preferred supplier."
Dated at Wellington this 24th day of September 2013.
HON PAULA BENNETT, Minister for Social Development.
Explanatory Note
This note is not part of the direction but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This instrument, which takes effect on the day after it is made, amends the Ministerial Direction on Advance Payment of Benefits under the Social Security Act 1964 ("the Act").
The amendment reflects that where a preferred supplier arrangement is in place, the advance payment is the least amount required under the contract with the preferred supplier under section 125AA(3) of the Act to purchase the goods or services needed to meet the particular immediate need of the applicant.
1New Zealand Gazette, 24 June 1999, No. 75, page 1687