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 primary 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 22 March 2013 (being the date on which the Minister for Primary Industries declared an adverse climatic event) and ending with the close of 30 September 2013, unless further extended by the Minister.
3. In this approval:
affected areas means:
the territories of the following local authorities:
(i) Buller District Council; and
(ii) Grey District Council.
Dated at Wellington this 25th day of March 2013.
HON PAULA BENNETT, Minister for Social Development.
*New Zealand Gazette, 28 January 1999, No. 8, page 202