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 Defence Force Allowance Programme (as established and approved on 29 October 1999).
Dated at Wellington this 19th day of July 2004.
RUTH DYSON, Acting Minister of Social Development and Employment.
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A m e n d m e n t
1. Title-(1) This amendment is the Defence Force Allowance Amendment 2004.
(2) In this amendment, the Defence Force Allowance Programme is called "the programme".
2. Commencement-This amendment comes into effect on the day after the date on which the Minister approves it, and applies from the date of deployment of any of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel to whom it applies.
3. Amending Schedule-(1) Paragraphs 40 to 48 of the Schedule of the programme, as added by Defence Force Allowance Programme (No. 2) 2003, are renumbered as 49 to 57.
(2) The Schedule of the programme is amended by adding the following paragraphs:
" 58. NZDF personnel deployed inhigh risk operations in supportof "Operation MONITOR" with a high environmental factor. NZ$120.00 per day If the person is not receiving a Mission Subsistence Allowance from the United Nations, an amount of or between NZ$12.00 and NZ$54.90 per day set by thechief executive based on the location of deploymentand the level of cost for that location having regard to Chapter 6, Annex A of Defence Force Order No. 5.
59. NZDF personnel deployed inhigh risk operations in supportof "Operation MONITOR" witha medium environmental factor. NZ$110.00 per day If the person is not receiving a Mission Subsistence Allowance from the United Nations, an amount of or between NZ$12.00 and NZ$54.90 per day set by thechief executive based on the location of deploymentand the level of cost for that location having regard to Chapter 6, Annex A of Defence Force Order No. 5.
60. NZDF personnel deployed inhigh risk operations in supportof "Operation MONITOR" withno environmental factor. NZ$100.00 per day If the person is not receiving a Mission Subsistence Allowance from the United Nations, an amount of or between NZ$12.00 and NZ$54.90 per day set by thechief executive based on the location of deploymentand the level of cost for that location having regard to Chapter 6, Annex A of Defence Force Order No. 5.
61. NZDF personnel deployed in medium risk operations in support of "Operation MONITOR" witha high environmental factor. NZ$85.00 per day If the person is not receiving a Mission Subsistence Allowance from the United Nations, an amount of or between NZ$12.00 and NZ$54.90 per day set by thechief executive based on the location of deploymentand the level of cost for that location having regard to Chapter 6, Annex A of Defence Force Order No. 5.
62. NZDF personnel deployed in medium risk operations in support of "Operation MONITOR" witha medium environmental factor. NZ$75.00 per day If the person is not receiving a Mission Subsistence Allowance from the United Nations, an amount of or between NZ$12.00 and NZ$54.90 per day set by thechief executive based on the location of deploymentand the level of cost for that location having regard to Chapter 6, Annex A of Defence Force Order No. 5.
63. NZDF personnel deployed in medium risk operations in support of "Operation MONITOR" withno environmental factor. NZ$65.00 per day If the person is not receiving a Mission Subsistence Allowance from the United Nations, an amount of or between NZ$12.00 and NZ$54.90 per day set by thechief executive based on the location of deploymentand the level of cost for that location having regard to Chapter 6, Annex A of Defence Force Order No. 5.
64. NZDF personnel deployed inlow risk operations in supportof "Operation MONITOR" witha high environmental factor. NZ$55.00 per day If the person is not receiving a Mission Subsistence Allowance from the United Nations, an amount of or between NZ$12.00 and NZ$54.90 per day set by thechief executive based on the location of deploymentand the level of cost for that location having regard to Chapter 6, Annex A of Defence Force Order No. 5.
65. NZDF personnel deployed inlow risk operations in supportof "Operation MONITOR" witha medium environmental factor. NZ$45.00 per day If the person is not receiving a Mission Subsistence Allowance from the United Nations, an amount of or between NZ$12.00 and NZ$54.90 per day set by thechief executive based on the location of deploymentand the level of cost for that location having regard to Chapter 6, Annex A of Defence Force Order No. 5.
66. NZDF personnel deployed inlow risk operations in supportof "Operation MONITOR" withno environmental factor. NZ$35.00 per day If the person is not receiving a Mission Subsistence Allowance from the United Nations, an amount of or between NZ$12.00 and NZ$54.90 per day set by thechief executive based on the location of deploymentand the level of cost for that location having regard to Chapter 6, Annex A of Defence Force Order No. 5."
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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 Defence Force Allowance Programme extends the programme to allow payment of operational and incidental allowances to New Zealand Defence Force personnel serving overseas on operations in support of "Operation MONITOR" and also corrects a numbering error in the Defence Force Allowance Programme (No. 2) 2003.