Employment and Work Readiness Assistance Programme

Pursuant to section 124(1)(d) of the Social Security Act 1964, the Minister for Social Development establishes and approves the following welfare programme for special assistance.

This welfare programme is saved by clause 21 of Schedule 1 of the Social Security Act 2018 as if it were a special assistance programme approved and established undersection 101 of the Act.

At Wellington this 6th day of March 2014

Paula Bennett
Minister for Social Development

Contents

1 Title

2 Commencement

3 Purpose

4 Interpretation

5 Application of the Act

6 Employment or work readiness assistance: eligibility

7 Application for assistance may be required

8 Matters to be applied in exercise of discretion to grant assistance

9 Amount of assistance

10 Payment of assistance

11 Commencement, suspension, and ending of assistance

12 Revocations

13 Savings and transitional provisions

14 Direction in relation to sections 61G and 179 (revoked)

Schedule - Kinds and amounts of employment or work readiness assistance

Explanatory note

List of amendments

Gazette notice: Number 1617, dated 13 March 2014