Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Training Incentive Allowance Amendment 2002

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 Training Incentive Allowance Programme (as established and approved on 30 November 1998).
Dated at Wellington this 25th day of March 2002.
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 is the Training Incentive Allowance Amendment 2002.
(2) In this Amendment, the Training Incentive Allowance Programme is called "the programme".
2. Commencement-This Amendment comes into effect on 1 April 2002.
3. Increasing weekly rate of allowance-Clause 5.2.1 of the programme is amended by omitting paragraph (b) and substituting the following paragraph:
"(b) the Applicant has been granted an exemption from the work test on the ground in Regulation 4 (2) (cb) of the Social Security (Exemptions under Section 105) Regulations 1998."
4. Increasing weekly rate of allowance-Clause 6.1.1 of the programme is amended by omitting the expressions "78.38" and "3,135.20" and substituting the expressions "79.81" and "3,192.40" respectively.
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Explanatory Note:
This note is not part of the Amendment, but is intended to explain its general effect.
This Amendment to the Training Incentive Allowance Programme increases the weekly rate and the maximum annual amount of the Training Incentive Allowance to take account of a CPI increase of 1.82%.
The increases come into effect on 1 April 2002.
Clause 3 is a consequential amendment upon the Social Security Amendment Act 2000.