Student Allowances (Budget 2017—Accommodation Benefit) Amendment Regulations 2017
2017/134
Student Allowances (Budget 2017—Accommodation Benefit) Amendment Regulations 2017
Patsy Reddy, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 26th day of June 2017
Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council
These regulations are made under section 303 of the Education Act 1989 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the Student Allowances (Budget 2017—Accommodation Benefit) Amendment Regulations 2017.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 1 April 2018.
3 Principal regulations
These regulations amend the Student Allowances Regulations 1998 (the principal regulations).
4 Schedule 3 replaced
Replace Schedule 3 with the Schedule 3 set out in the Schedule of these regulations.
Schedule Schedule 3 replaced
Schedule 3 Maximum weekly value of accommodation benefit payable under regulation 24(1)
r 24(1)
| Allowance | Maximum weekly value | |
| Accommodation benefit payable under regulation 24(1) (to students other than those to whom regulation 24A applies) | For any student, $60 per week |
Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on 1 April 2018, replace Schedule 3 of the Student Allowances Regulations 1998.
Schedule 3 relates to the accommodation benefit payable under regulation 24(1) (to students other than those to whom regulation 24A applies).
Schedule 3 currently provides that the maximum weekly value of that accommodation benefit is,—
for a single student with a supported child or children, $60 per week; and
for any other student, $40 per week.
New Schedule 3 ensures that the maximum weekly value of that accommodation benefit is, for any student, $60 per week.
Date of notification in Gazette: 29 June 2017.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Social Development.