This instrument is made, under section 124(1)(d) of the Social Security Act 1964, by the Minister for Social Development.

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Instrument

1. Title—This instrument is the Temporary Accommodation Assistance (Canterbury Earthquake) Amendment 2017.

2. Commencement—This instrument comes into force on the 28th day after its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

3. Principal programme—This instrument amends the Temporary Accommodation Assistance (Canterbury Earthquake) Programme¹ (as established and approved on 16 February 2011) (“principal programme”).

4. Clause 3 amended (Expiry)—In clause 3, replace “2017” with “2019”.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of June 2017.

ANNE TOLLEY, Minister for Social Development.

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Explanatory note

This note is not part of the instrument, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This instrument extends the expiry date of the Temporary Accommodation Assistance (Canterbury Earthquake) Programme under the Social Security Act 1964 by two years until the close of 31 December 2019.

1. New Zealand Gazette, 3 March 2011, No. 23, page 619.