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Recoverable Assistance Payment tables : Contents

At 30 June 2014

Below are the payment categories and maximum limits for Recoverable Assistance Payments at 30 June 2014. These limits can be exceeded only in exceptional circumstances.

Category

Maximum limit

Ambulance subscription fees

$200.00

Attendance at funerals and tangihanga

$200.00

Beds, chairs and tables

$200.00

Bonds and rent

$600.00

Car repairs

$400.00

Child restraints for motor vehicles, and safety helmets

$200.00

Clothing

single client without children

$150.00

Married, civil union or de facto without children

$300.00

single, married, civil union or de facto with children

$400.00

Dentures and hearing aids

$1,000

Driver licences

renewals

client under 75 years

$43.90

client 75 years or over

$18.70

client 75 years or over, who require an On Road Safety Test recommended by a doctor

$60.50

New

learner licence

$96.10

restricted licence

$137.00

full licence

$111.70

Reinstatement of driver licence

$66.40

Electricity, gas or water

$200.00

Fire loss or burglary

$1,000

Fridges, freezers and washing machines (whiteware)

at rates set in the preferred supplier arrangement

Glasses

If a client resides in an urban area with a preferred supplier

$249

If a client lives in a non-coverage area and chooses to use a non-preferred supplier

$1000

Other emergency payments

$200.00

School costs

$200.00

School stationery

$200.00

School uniforms (for each dependent child)

$300.00

Telephone installation

$200.00

Tenancy tribunal fees

$20.44

Travel for stranded persons

$200.00

Current rates

For the current rates see: