Clause 15D. Applicants in New Zealand under relocation arrangement

15D

Applicants in New Zealand under relocation arrangement

15D.1

This clause applies to an applicant who-

(a)

pursuant to a relocation arrangement,-

(i)

is a relocated person; and

(ii)

is in New Zealand under a temporary entry class visa under the Immigration Act 2009; and

(b)

is not a member of the family of a relocated person to whom grants under clause 15D.2 are being made.

15D.2

MSD may, in its discretion, and subject to such conditions as MSD thinks fit to impose, make non-recoverable weekly grants and non-recoverable set up grants to an applicant to whom clause 15.D.1 applies if satisfied that-

(a)

the applicant and his or her family (if any) are in hardship; and

(b)

the applicant is not absent from New Zealand

15D.3

Grants under clause 15D.2 may be made commencing not earlier than the date of application for the grant until the earliest of the following events;

(a)

the relocated person is lawfully able to work in New Zealand and obtains employment suitable and sufficient to support himself or herself and his or her family (if any):

(b)

the expiry of the notice period after the New Zealand Government receives notice from the International Court or, as the case may be, the International Tribunal that relocation services are no longer required in respect of the relocated person and that-

(i)

the relocated person has been notified of that decision; or

(ii)

reasonable efforts have been made to convey that notification to that person:

(c)

the relocation arrangement is terminated:

(d)

the relocated person is granted a residence class visa under the Immigration Act 2009:

(e)

in the case of set up grants, the elapse of 12 months after the date the applicant first applied for a grant under clause 15D.2.

15D.4

The amount of a weekly grant under clause 15D.2 is in the discretion of MSD but must not exceed the amount of benefit that would be payable to the applicant if the applicant were a person of the kind referred to in section 205(1)(c) of the Act and had been granted a benefit.

15D.5

The amount of all set up grants made under clause 15D.2 in respect of an applicant must not exceed $5,000 in total.

15D.6

Clause 6 does not apply to grants under clause 15D.2 and clause 4 has effect in regard to an applicant to whom clause 15D.1 applies as if it did not include reference to section 19.

15D.7

In this clause and clauses 15D.1 to 15D.6,-

family, in relation to a relocated person, means the person's spouse or partner and any dependent children who reside with the person (being in each case a spouse or partner or child who has relocated to New Zealand under a relocation arrangement and is in New Zealand under a temporary entry class visa under the Immigration Act 2009)

notice period, in relation to a notice referred to in clause 15D.3(b), means a period specified in the arrangement that must elapse before the matter referred to in the notice can be acted on

relocation arrangement or arrangement means any of the non binding arrangements entered into by the New Zealand Government with an International Court or International Tribunal

relocated person means any of the following persons who have relocated to New Zealand in accordance with an arrangement-

(a)

a witness (A); or

(b)

any of the following persons who, immediately before A relocated to New Zealand, was-

(i)

A's spouse or partner; or

(ii)

a dependent child of A; or

(iii)

a dependent of A of or over the age of 18.

relocation services means those services provided to a relocated person in accordance with a relocation arrangement and, for the purposes of clause 15D.3, refers to the assistance available under clause 15D.2

set up grant means a grant for any of the following purposes to enable a relocated person and his or her family (if any) to establish a life in New Zealand:

(a)

to obtain necessary items such as furniture and bedding:

(b)

provide assistance towards any necessary disability costs of a relocated person(for example, the costs of altering premises):

(c)

provide assistance for essential items such as rent bonds, school fees, and deposits required for essential services (for example, electricity supply).

Definitions MSD, partner, spouse, Social Security Act 2018, Schedule 2