Pursuant to section 124(1)(d) 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 Recoverable Assistance Programme Amendment 2013.
2. Commencement-This instrument comes into effect
on 1 September 2013.
3. Principal programme-This instrument amends the Recoverable Assistance Programme (as established and approved on 15 February 1999)* (the principal programme).
4. Clause 3 amended (Definitions)-In clause 3.1, insert in its appropriate alphabetic order:
"approved child restraint has the same meaning as in the Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004 (and before
1 November 2013, as if the Land Transport (Road User) Amendment Rule (No 2) 2013 were in force)".
5. Clause 11.2 amended (School Uniforms)-In clause 11.2.3, replace "Dependant Child" with "dependent child".
6. Clause 11.3 amended (Car Seat Restraints and
Safety Helmets)-(1) In the heading to clause 11.3, replace "Car Seat" with "Child".
(2) In clause 11.3.1(a), replace "Child car seat restraint for a pre-school Dependent Child of the Applicant" with "approved child restraint for a dependent child of the applicant who
is under the age of 7".
(3) In clause 11.3.1(b), replace "a Child car seat restraint for a pre-school aged Dependent Child of the Applicant" with "an approved child restraint for a dependent child of the applicant who is under the age of 7".
Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of August 2013.
HON PAULA BENNETT, Minister for Social Development.
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 September 2013, amends the Recoverable Assistance Programme under the Social Security Act 1964 as a result of amendments to the Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004 that come into effect on 1 November 2013.
The amendments to those rules will require all children under the age of 7 to use an approved child restraint.
The amendments in the programme are to allow payments for approved child restraints for 5 and 6 year olds and make consequential amendments to reflect the changes in the rules.
*New Zealand Gazette, 25 February 1999, No. 23, page 567