Special Benefit Direction Amendment To: The Chief Executive, Department of Work and Income Pursuant to section 5 of the Social Security Act 1964, I, Roger Morrison Sowry, Minister of Social Services, Work and Income, give you the following direction to take effect on the date it is signed. Dated at Wellington this 15th day of June 1999. ROGER SOWRY, Minister of Social Services, Work and Income. Amendments to Special Benefit Direction I direct that the Direction that I gave you in relation to grants of Special Benefit dated 10 February 1999 must, after the date of this direction, be read as if the amendments specified in the Schedule were incorporated within it. Schedule [tn,2] Provision Amended Amendment [tn,2] Paragraph 2.1 By inserting in the definition of the term ``Allowable costs'', after paragraph (c), the following paragraph: ``(ca) For a person who is eligible for a Payment under the Telephone Costs Payment programme approved by the Minister under section 124 (1) (d) of the Act, and if paragraph (h) of this definition does not apply, the weekly amount of telephone rental costs that were, immediately prior to 1 April 1999,'' ``(i) claimed by the person; and [sp'``']``(ii) treated by the chief executive as an additional expense under section 69c (2a) (a) of the Act; and'' Paragraph 2.1 By omitting paragraph (f) of the definition of the term ``Chargeable income'', and substituting the following paragraph: ``(f) The amount of any regular payments received under any welfare programme approved under section 124 (1) (d) of the Act, but excluding payments under the Away from Home Allowance Programme or other regular payments intended to pay or reimburse specified costs of the applicant (other than payments under the Telephone Costs Payment Programme); and'' [tn,2] Explanatory Note This note is not part of the Direction but is intended to indicate its general effect. This Direction, made by the Minister of Social Services, Work and Income under section 5 of the Social Security Act 1964, amends the Direction given by the Minister on 10 February 1999 relating to the grant of special benefit. The amendments are consequential on the Minister establishing the Telephone Costs Payment Welfare Programme dated 28 March 1999 under section 124 (1) (d) of the Social Security Act 1964. The Schedule amends the definitions of ``Allowable costs'' and ``Chargeable income'' in Paragraph 2.1 of the Direction dated 10 February 1999 and requires certain costs and any Telephone Costs Payment to be taken into account for the purposes of assessing entitlement to Special Benefit. The amendments come into force on the date the direction is signed.