Special Needs Grants Programme

Pursuant to section 124 (1) (d) of the Social Security Act 1964, I, ROGER MORRISON SOWRY, Minister of Social Services, Work and Income, ESTABLISH AND APPROVE 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 under section 101 of the Act.

I revoke my approval of the special needs grant programme dated 8 January 1996 and the amendments to that programme approved on 26 March 1996, 17 June 1996, 10 September 1996, 23 September 1996, 23 January 1997, 11 April 1997, 30 March 1998, 24 April 1998, 7 May 1998, 27 July 1998, and 14 September 1998, except for so much of that programme as relates to the recovery of any recoverable special needs grants made under that programme.

Dated this 18 day of December 1998

Roger Morrison Sowry
Minister of Social Services, Work and Income

Analysis

1 Title and commencement

2 Objectives of the Programme

2A Transitional and savings provisions relating to amendments to this programme

Part 1: General Provisions

3 Definitions

4 Application of the Social Security Act

5 Principles

Part 2: Universal Entrance Criteria

6 Residence

7 Income Limits

8 Cash Asset Limits

9 Restriction on Payments

Part 3: Essential Needs

10 Need to be both Immediate and Essential

11 Non-recoverable Grants for Essential Needs

11.2 Food

11.3 Transition To Work Expenses for beneficiaries (revoked)

11.4 Medical

11.4.2 Vasectomies and Termination of Pregnancies

[Clause 11.4.3 has never existed.]

11.4.4 Laser Therapy for the Removal of Birthmarks

11.4.5 Wigs and Hairpieces

11.4.6 Health Travel Costs

11.4.7 Long-acting reversible contraception: young persons (revoked)

11.4.8 Long-acting reversible contraception: other beneficiaries and their dependent children (revoked)

11.5 Occupational Training Course (revoked)

11.6 Travel for Stranded Persons (revoked)

11.7 Bedding

11.8 Repair and maintenance of on-site effluent treatment systems

11.9 Dental Treatment

Part 4: Emergency Needs

12 Requirement for Emergency Situation

13 Non-recoverable Grants for Emergency Needs

13.2 Emergency Dental Treatment (revoked)

13.3 Emergency Medical Treatment

13.4 Accompanying Medical Treatment Overseas

14 Other Emergency Grants

Part 5: Payments to People in Specific Circumstances

14A People in need of Emergency Housing (revoked)

14AA Security Deposits (revoked)

14B Emergency housing contribution (revoked)

14C Calculating emergency housing contribution (revoked)

15 Re-establishment Costs

15.1A Grants for Re-establishment costs not to be used for Emergency Housing

15.1 Refugees, Protected Persons, Afghan Interpreters and Afghan Evacuees

15.2 Sole Parents

15.3 Long Term Patients Resettling in the Community

15.4 Steps to Freedom Re-establishment Payments for Released, Sentenced and Remand Prisoners

15.5 Emergency Relocation Costs

15.6 Young persons leaving care to live independently

15A Persons released from custody under section 128A of the Immigration Act 1987 (revoked)

15B Applicants applying for a residence class visa in New Zealand who have lost the financial support of their sponsors

15C Applicants awaiting the outcome of an international child custody and access dispute

15D Applicants in New Zealand under relocation arrangement

15E Victims of people trafficking

16 Beneficiaries Transferring Between Benefits

16A Transfer compensation grants

17 Benefit Non-entitlement Periods and Stand downs, etc.

17.1 Grants during stand downs, strikes, application process, or pre-benefit activities

17.2 Sole Parent High Income

17.3 Serious Hardship

17.4 More than one Grant may be made

17.5 Persons becoming sick during Non-entitlement Period

17A Grants for Driver Licences

17A.1 Renewals of existing driver licences

17A.2 New driver licences

17A.3 Reinstating driver licences

Part 6: Special Assistance to the Rural Sector

18 Grants to Farmers. Orchardists etc.

Part 6A: Special Assistance to affected residents of Waihi (revoked)

18A.1 Purpose (revoked)

18A.2 Interpretation (revoked)

18A.3 Grants for relocation assistance (revoked)

Part 7: Administration

19 Applications

20 Payment of Grants

21 Rules as to Recovery

22 Transitional provisions

Schedule 1AA: Transitional and savings provisions

SCHEDULE 1

List of amendments

Approvals granted for rural assistance

Gazette notice: Number 563, dated 28 January 1999