Pursuant to section 125AA of the Social Security Act
1964, the Minister for Social Development makes the following instrument.
I n s t r u m e n t
1. Title-This instrument is the Ministerial Direction in relation to the preferred supply of goods and services Amendment 2013.
2. Commencement-This instrument comes into effect on the day after it is made.
3. Principal direction-This instrument amends the Ministerial Direction in relation to the preferred supply
of goods and services dated the 23rd day of May 2013*
(the principal direction).
4. Clause 4 amended (Goods and services that may be subject of preferred supplier contracts under section 125AA(3))-In the heading to clause 4, after "125AA(3)", insert "(Whiteware and related services)".
5. New clause 5 inserted-After clause 4, insert:
"5. Goods and services that may be subject of preferred supplier contracts under section 125AA(3) (Optical goods and services)-For the purposes of section 125AA(3) of the Act, I determine that the
chief executive may enter into contracts on behalf of
the Crown for the supply of the following goods and services for the purposes specified in section 125AA(2)(b) and (d) of the Act:
Goods
(a) spectacle frames;
(b) spectacle lenses;
(c) contact lenses;
(d) ready to wear spectacles;
(e) spectacle protection cases;
(f) spectacle care products;
Services
(g) eye examinations;
(h) fitting of any goods listed in paragraphs (a) to (c) ;
(i) fitting of any goods listed in paragraph (b) to frames supplied by the purchasers;
(j) adjustment of any goods listed in paragraphs (a) and (d)."
Dated at Wellington this 19th day of August 2013.
HON PAULA BENNETT, Minister for Social Development.
Explanatory Note
This note is not part of the direction but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This instrument, which takes effect on the day after it is made, amends the Ministerial Direction in relation to the preferred supply of goods and services under section 125AA(3) of the Social Security Act 1964* to authorise the chief executive to enter into contracts for the supply of optical goods and services.
*New Zealand Gazette, 13 June 2013, No. 74, page 1978