Pursuant to sections 5 and 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 Instrument Amending Ministerial Direction and Welfare Programmes 2014.
2. Commencement-This instrument comes into force on 1 April 2014.
3. Principal direction and welfare programmes-This instrument amends the direction and welfare programmes specified in Schedules 1 and 2 (the principal direction and welfare programmes).
4. Amendments-Amend the principal direction and welfare programmes in the manner set out in Schedules 1 and 2.
Schedule 1
Clause 4
Amendments to direction and welfare programmes
Direction in relation to Special Benefit (given on 10 February 1999)1
Schedule
In each provision of the Schedule listed in the first column of the following table, replace the expression set out in the second column with the expression set out in the third column.
Column 1
Provision amended Column 2
Expressions replaced
$ Column 3
Replacement expressions
$
Clause 1(a) 88.11 89.33
Clause 1(b) 122.81 124.50
Clause 1(c) 230.42 233.60
Clause 4(a) 117.40 119.02
Clause 4(b) 166.62 168.92
Clause 4(c) 303.96 308.15
Clause 5 129.82 131.61
Clause 6(a) 117.40 119.02
Clause 6(b) 166.62 168.92
Clause 6(c) 129.82 131.61
Clause 7(a) 166.87 169.17
Clause 7(b) 166.87 169.17
Clause 7(c) 304.43 308.63
Clause 9 194.12 196.80
Clause 10 280.03 283.89
Clause 13 218.06 221.07
Clause 15 303.96 308.15
Family Start and Early Start (Childcare Assistance) Programme (as established and approved on 12 September 2005)2
Clause 8(3)
In clause 8(3), replace "$7.33" with "$7.43".
New Employment Transition Grant Programme (as established and approved on 9 December 1998)3
Clause 5.1.1
In clause 5.1.1, replace "$68.00" with "$69.00".
Clause 5.2
In clause 5.2, replace "$680" with "$690".
Seasonal Work Assistance Programme (as established and approved on 7 July 2002)4
Clause 7(3)
In clause 7(3), replace "$840" with "$860".
Schedule 1
In Schedule 1, replace the table with:
"Total period of work missed (per week) For a single applicant with no dependent children
$ For any other applicant
$
8 hours or less 48 86
More than 8 and not more than 16 hours 96 172
More than 16 and not more than 24 hours 144 258
More than 24 and not more than 32 hours 192 344
More than 32 hours 240 430"
Training Incentive Allowance Programme (as established and approved on 30 November 1998)5
Clause 6.1.1
In clause 6.1.1, replace "$104.58" and "4,183.20" with "$106.02" and "$4,240.80" respectively.
Clause 6.4.2
In clause 6.4.2, replace "$4,183.20" with "$4,240.80".
Schedule 2
Clause 4
Amendments to welfare programmes
Home Help Programme (as established and approved on 6 May 2004)6
Schedule
Clause 1(a)
In the Schedule, in clause 1(a), replace "$14.47" with "$15.00".
Special Transfer Allowance Programme 2000 (as established and approved on 13 November 2000)7
Schedule
In the Schedule, replace "$256", "$208", "$163", "$331", "$271", and "$232" with "$264", "$211", "$169", "$340", "$277" and "$243" respectively.
Dated at Wellington this 17th day of March 2014.
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 April 2014, amends a Ministerial direction and a number of Ministerial welfare programmes under the Social Security Act 1964.
Clause 4 and Schedule 1:
- adjusts certain rates, standard costs, and limits to reflect a 1.38% increase in the New Zealand Consumers Price Index from the December 2012 quarter to the December 2013 quarter (calculated using the CPI All Groups excluding cigarettes and other tobacco products).
Clause 4 and Schedule 2 amends the:
- Home Help Programme, to adjust the hourly rate to reflect a 3.64% increase in the adult minimum wage;
- Special Transfer Allowance Programme 2000 to adjust average regional rents to reflect movements in rentals.
Key to Annotation
1 New Zealand Gazette, 16 December 1999, No. 193, page 4599
2 New Zealand Gazette, 15 December 2005, No. 207, page 5275
3 New Zealand Gazette, 17 December 1998, No. 200, page 4769
4 New Zealand Gazette, 11 July 2002, No. 78, page 2079
5 New Zealand Gazette, 10 December 1998, No. 198, page 4695
6 New Zealand Gazette, 13 May 2004, No. 52, page 1290
7 New Zealand Gazette, 16 November 2000, No. 154, page 399