Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Instrument Amending Ministerial Direction on Eligibility for Social Housing 2014

Pursuant to section 102(2)(a) of the Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters Act 1992 ("Act"), the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Housing, and the Minister for Social Development ("joint Ministers"), after consultation with the Agency appointed under section 100 of the Act and the Regulatory Authority appointed under section 159 of the Act, make the following instrument.
I n s t r u m e n t
1. Title-This instrument is the Instrument Amending the Ministerial Direction on Eligibility for Social Housing 2014*.
2. Commencement-This instrument comes into force on 1 July 2014.
3. Principal direction amended-This instrument amends the Ministerial Direction on Eligibility for Social Housing (given on 14 April 2014*).
4. Amendment-Amend the principal direction in the manner set out in the Schedule.
Schedule
Clause 6
Amendment to principal direction
Clause 6
In clause 6, insert subclause 6.4 with:
"(4) Despite the definition of cash assets in section 61E of the Social Security Act 1964, if the agency is satisfied that a person, including an applicable person, has not realised any assets available for the personal use of the person or the applicable person, the agency may treat those assets as the cash assets of the person or applicable person for the purposes of Schedule 2."
Dated at Wellington this 11th day of June 2014.
HON BILL ENGLISH, Minister of Finance.
HON PAULA BENNETT, Minister for Social Development.
HON DR NICK SMITH, Minister of Housing.
Explanatory Note
This note is not part of the direction, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This instrument amends the Ministerial Direction on Eligibility for Social Housing (given on 14 April 2014). It provides the social housing agency with a discretion to include cash assets that are realisable for a person or applicable person's personal use.
*New Zealand Gazette, 17 April 2014, No. 41, page 1203