Pursuant to section 5 and section 124(1)(d) of the Social Security Act 1964, the Minister for Social Development and Employment, by this instrument, makes the following amendments to the directions and welfare programmes set out in the Schedule.
Dated at Wellington this 1st day of April 2007.
DAVID BENSON–POPE, Minister for Social Development and Employment.
I n s t r u m e n t
1. Title—This instrument is the Instrument amending Ministerial Directions and Welfare Programmes (No 2) 2007.
2. Commencement—This instrument comes into effect on 1 April 2007.
3. Directions and welfare programmes amended—The directions and welfare programmes set out in the Schedule are amended in the manner set out in that Schedule.
Schedule
Directions and welfare programmes amended
Direction on Advance Payment of Benefits (given on 25 May 1999 and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 24 June 1999, No. 75, page 1687)
Clause 2.3(a)(ii)
Insert “or in a de facto relationship” after “union”.
Direction in relation to Emergency Benefit and Benefits on Ground of Hardship (given on 6 October 1998 and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 15 October 1998, No. 172, page 4120)
Clause 2(a)(ii)
Insert “or in a de facto relationship” after “union”.
Clause 3(a)(ii)
Insert “or in a de facto relationship” after “union”.
Clause 9(c)(ii)
Insert “or in a de facto relationship” after “union”.
Direction in relation to Special Benefit (given on 10 February 1999 and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 16 December 1999, No. 193, page 4599)
Clause 3.1(a)(ii)
Insert “or in a de facto relationship” after “union”.
Schedule
Insert in clause 1(c), 4(c), 6(c), 7(c), 9, 10, 13, 15 and 16 to 18 “or in a de facto relationship” after “union”.
Domestic Violence and Witness Protection (Relocation) Programme (as established and approved on 27 March 2002 and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 11 April 2002, No. 34, page 1029)
Clause 4(1)
Insert in the definition of immediate family “or in a de facto relationship” after “union”.
Home Help Programme (as established and approved on 6 May 2004 and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 13 May 2004, No. 52, page 1290)
Clause 7(2)(a)
Insert “or in a de facto relationship” after “union”.
New Employment Transition Grant Programme (as established and approved on 9 December 1998 and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 17 December 1999, No. 200, page 4769)
Clause 2.1
Insert in paragraph (a)(ii) of the definition of eligible parent “or in a de facto relationship” after “union” in both places it appears.
Clause 5.3
Insert “or in a de facto relationship” after “union”.
Pathways Payment Programme (as established and approved on 30 June 2002 and published in the New Zealand Gazette,
11 July 2002, No. 78, page 2081)
Clause 8(2)
Insert “or in a de facto relationship” after “union”.
Recoverable Assistance Programme (as established and approved on 15 February 1999 and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 25 February 1999, No. 23, page 567)
Clause 3.1
Insert in paragraph (a) of the definition of immediate family “or in a de facto relationship” after “union”.
Clause 8.3(b)
Insert “or in a de facto relationship” after “union”.
Clause 11.8.2
Insert “or in a de facto relationship” after “union” in both places it appears.
Special Needs Grant Programme (as established and approved on 18 December 1998 and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 28 January 1999, No. 8, page 202)
Clause 3.1
Insert in paragraph (a) of the definition of immediate family “or in a de facto relationship” after “union”.
Clause 8.3(b)
Insert “or in a de facto relationship” after “union”.
Clause 11.2.2
Insert “or in a de facto relationship” after “union” in the three places it appears.
Clause 15B.1(b)
Insert “or in a de facto relationship” after “union” in the three places it appears.
Clause 15B.3(b)
Insert “de facto” before “relationship”.
Clause 15B.6
Omit the definition of partner and substitute:
“partner in relation to an Applicant, means a person who is legally married to or in a civil union or in a de facto relationship with the Applicant.”
Clause 17.4.1(a)
Insert “or in a de facto relationship” after “union”.
Clause 18.5
Insert in the definition of income “or in a de facto relationship” after “union”.
Clause 18.8
Insert “or in a de facto relationship” after “union” in the 3 places it appears.
Training Incentive Allowance Programme (as established and approved on 30 November 1998 and published in the
New Zealand Gazette, 10 December 1998, No. 198, page 4695)
Clause 13.1.1(b)
Insert “or in a de facto relationship” after “union”.
Work Start Grant Programme (as established and approved on 29 June 1999 and published in the New Zealand Gazette,
8 July 1999, No. 81, page 1890)
Clause 2.1
Insert in paragraph (a) of the definition of immediate family “or in a de facto relationship” after “union”.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the Instrument, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This instrument, which comes into effect on 1 April 2007, amends a number of Ministerial directions and welfare programmes under the Social Security Act 1964 to recognise de facto relationships within the meaning of section 29A the Interpretation Act 1999.