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 17 June 1996).
Dated at Wellington this 19th day of December 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 is the Recoverable Assistance Amendment (No. 2) 2001.
(2) In this amendment, the Recoverable Assistance Programme is called "the programme".
2. Commencement-This amendment comes into effect on 31 December 2001.
3. Renewals of existing driver licences-Clause 12A of the programme is amended by revoking clause 12A 1.2 and substituting the following clause:
"12A 1.2 The amount of any payment made under clause 12A 1.1 must not exceed-
(a) for an applicant under the age of 75, $44.30:
(b) for an applicant aged 75 or over and not more than 79, $18.30:
(c) for an applicant aged 80 or over, $59.30."
4. New driver licences
4.1 Clause 12A 2.4 of the programme is amended:
(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) the expression "$63.50" and substituting the expression "$79".
(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) the expression "$74.50" and substituting the expression "$88.20";
(c) by omitting from paragraph (c) the expression "$105.00" and substituting the expression "$115.10":
Explanatory Note
This note is not part of the amendment but is intended to explain its general effect.
This amendment to the Recoverable Assistance Programme increases the maximum amounts of grants for applying for a driver licence or renewing an existing driver licence to take account of changes to driver licensing fees. The amendment also brings the age groups in the programme into consistency with those in the Land Transport (Driver Licensing and Driver Testing Fees) Amendment