1. Pursuant to section 307AB of the Education Act 1989, the Minister for Social Development and Employment gives notice that the following allowances are identified as allowances to which that section applies:
Ministry of Social Development (StudyLink) administered allowances
Step Up Scholarships
Bonded Merit Scholarships
Ministry of Social Development (Family and Community Services) administered allowances
Non-Governmental Organisation Social Work Study Awards
New Zealand Qualifications Authority administered allowances
Single Subject Awards
Top Subject Scholar Awards
Scholarship Awards
Outstanding Scholar Awards
Premier Awards
2. Pursuant to section 307AC of the Education Act 1989, the Minister for Social Development and Employment declares that the following allowances identified in clause 1, and agreements, are bonded scholarships:
Ministry of Social Development (StudyLink) administered allowances
Step Up Scholarships
Bonded Merit Scholarships
Ministry of Education administered agreements
Agreements entered into under section 139E of the Education Act 1989 (otherwise known as TeachNZ Scholarships).
Dated at Wellington this 4th day of October 2006.
DAVID BENSON–POPE, Minister for Social Development and Employment.
Explanatory Note
This note is not part of this notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This notice identifies certain allowances as allowances to which section 307AB of the Education Act 1989 (“the Act”) applies. It also declares that certain allowances and agreements under section 139E of the Act are bonded scholarships.
Identification as allowances under section 307AB of the Act allows the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development to require institutions and private training establishments to supply information pursuant to sections 226A and 238B of the Act in order to verify any person’s entitlement to those allowances and the amount they are entitled to.
Each allowance or agreement that has been declared to be a bonded scholarship is able to be recovered under the Student Loan Scheme Act 1992 in accordance with the terms of the scholarship.