Under section 124(1)(d) of the Social Security Act 1964,
I amend by this instrument the Training Incentive Allowance Programme* (as established and approved on
30 November 1998).
Dated at Wellington this 21st day of May 2009.
HON PAULA BENNETT, Minister for Social Development and Employment.
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I n s t r u m e n t
1. Title This instrument is the Training Incentive Allowance Amendment (No 2) 2009.
2. Commencement This instrument comes into effect on 28 May 2009.
3. Programme amended This instrument amends the Training Incentive Allowance Programme*.
4. Interpretation (1) Clause 2.1 is amended by inserting the following definitions in their appropriate alphabetical order:
"course of study means,
(a) in relation to a secondary school, a full-time course;
(b) in relation to a tertiary provider, any aggregate of courses, classes, and work required for the completion of a degree, diploma, certificate, or other qualification awarded by that provider;"
"national qualification framework means the framework for national qualifications developed by
the NZQA under section 253(1)(c) of the Education
Act 1989;"
"tertiary provider means a university, polytechnic, college of education, wananga, private training establishment, or other education provider approved under the Education Act 1989 or to which that Act applies."
(2) Clause 2.1 is amended by revoking the definition of postgraduate course.
5. Allowances Clause 5.2.2 is amended:
(a) by inserting the following paragraph before paragraph (b):
"(aa) for a course, or a course forming part of
a course of study, if that course or course
of study is classified under the national qualifications framework as level 4 or
above; or"
(b) by revoking paragraph (c).
6. New clause inserted The programme is amended by inserting the following clause after clause 5:
"5A Savings in respect of level 4 and above courses
If a person has been granted an allowance under this Part in respect of a course that the person is undertaking on 28 May 2009 (course A), his or her entitlement to be granted and to receive allowances in respect of course A, or any subsequent course that is part of the same course of study as course A, must, until the close of 31 December 2011, be determined as if clause 5.2.2 did not contain paragraph (aa).".
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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 28 May 2009, amends the Training Incentive Allowance Programme.
It removes the eligibility of persons who undertake new national qualifications framework courses of level 4 and above to receive allowances under Part 1 of the programme.
A savings provision allows persons granted allowances
in respect of level 4 or above courses that they are undertaking on 28 May 2009 to continue to be granted
and to receive allowances in respect of that course, or
any subsequent course that forms part of the same course
of study (for example, a degree course), until the close of
31 December 2011.
*New Zealand Gazette, 10 December 1998, No. 198, page 4695