Pursuant to section 124 (1) (d) of the Social Security Act 1964, the Minister of Social Services and Employment establishes and approves the following Amendment to the Recoverable Assistance Programme (as established and approved on 15 February 1999).
Dated at Wellington this 27th day of June 2001.
STEVE MAHAREY, Minister of Social Services and Employment.
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A m e n d m e n t
1. Title-(1) This Amendment is the Recoverable Assistance Amendment 2001.
(2) In this Amendment, the Recoverable Assistance Programme is called "the programme".
2. Commencement-This Amendment comes into effect on the day after the date on which it is published in the
New Zealand Gazette.
3. Amendments consequential on abolition of Disability Assistance Programme, and changes made by other enactments-(1) The definition in clause 3.1 of the programme of Health Agency is amended by revoking paragraphs (c) to (e) and substituting the following paragraph:
"(c) a District Health Board or other agency under the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000;"
(2) Clause 11.1.2 of the programme is amended:
(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) (ii) the words "Health and Disability Services Act 1993", and substituting the words "New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000".
(b) by omitting from paragraph (c) the words "or any payment under the Disability Assistance Programme under section 124 (1) (d) of the Act".