Pursuant to section 124 (1) (d) of the Social Security Act 1964, the Minister for Social Development and Employment establishes and approves the following amendment to the Special Needs Grant Programme (as established and approved on 18 December 1998).
Dated at Wellington this 28th day of June 2003.
STEVE MAHAREY, Minister for Social Development and Employment.
______
A m e n d m e n t
1. Title-(1) This amendment is the Special Needs Grants Amendment (No 2) 2003.
(2) In this amendment, the Special Needs Grants Programme is called "the programme".
2. Commencement-(1) This amendment comes into effect on the day after the date on which it is approved.
3. Other emergency grants-(1) Clause 14 of the programme is amended by adding the following subclause:
"14.4 Despite clause 14.3, a grant made under clause 14.1 for the purposes of refilling an applicant's water tank must be a non-recoverable grant."
---
Explanatory Note
This note is not part of the amendment, but is intended to explain its general effect.
This amendment to the Special Needs Grants Programme, which comes into effect on the day after it is approved, provides that emergency grants made under clause 14.1 of the programme for the purposes of refilling an applicant's water tank are non-recoverable.