(No. 3) 2003
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 Training Incentive Allowance Programme (as established and approved on 30 November 1998).
Dated at Wellington this 8th day of December 2003.
STEVE MAHAREY, Minister for Social Development and Employment.
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A m e n d m e n t
1. Title-(1) This amendment is the Training Incentive Allowance Amendment (No. 3) 2003.
(2) In this amendment, the Training Incentive Allowance Programme is called "the programme".
2. Commencement-This amendment comes into effect on the day after the date on which it is approved.
3. Interpretation-Clause 2.1 of the programme is amended by omitting the definition of year and substituting the following definition:
"year, in relation to a course for which an allowance
is sought or granted, means the period of 52 weeks commencing on the later of:
(a) the date of application for the allowance for the course; or
(b) the date of commencement of the course."
4. Rates-The programme is amended by revoking
clause 6.4, and substituting the following clause:
"6.4 Yearly limit
6.4.1 This clause applies where an applicant:
(a) is granted an allowance for a course (the first course); and
(b) is granted an allowance for a subsequent course within the first course year.
6.4.2 Where clause 6.4.1 applies, no payments of an allowance in respect of those courses may exceed $3,279.20 in the first course year."
Explanatory Note
This note is not part of the amendment, but is intended to explain its general effect.
In this amendment to the Training Incentive Allowance Programme, which comes into effect on the day after it is approved, clause 3 amends the definition of year so that
a year starts on the date of application or the course commencement date, whichever is the later.
Clause 4 amends the programme to make it clear that the maximum limit on course costs applies to multiple courses undertaken during the first course year.