Under clauses 18.2 and 18.6 of the Special Needs Grants Programme, as established and approved on 18 December 1998* under section 124(1)(d) of the Social Security Act 1964 (“the programme”), I give my approval for Part 6 of the programme to apply as follows:
Rural Assistance – Farmers
1. Farmers in the affected areas whose land-based industries are directly affected by drought are eligible to be considered for financial assistance under Part 6 of the programme.
2. In relation to such farmers, Part 6 of the programme applies for the period beginning on 11 July 2007 and ending with the close of 31 December 2007, unless further extended by the Minister.
3. In this approval, affected areas means the territories of the following local authorities:
Hastings District Council
Central Hawke’s Bay District Council
Gisborne District Council
Wairoa District Council
Tararua District Council
Masterton District Council
Carterton District Council
South Wairarapa District Council
Napier City Council.
Dated this 10th day of July 2007.
DAVID BENSON–POPE, Minister for Social Development and Employment.
*New Zealand Gazette, 28 January 1999, No. 8, page 202