Student Allowances Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2021

2021/396

Coat of Arms of New Zealand

Student Allowances Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2021

Cindy Kiro, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 29th day of November 2021

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

These regulations are made under section 645 of the Education and Training Act 2020 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Student Allowances Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2021.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 5 December 2021.

3 Principal regulations

These regulations amend the Student Allowances Regulations 1998.

4 Regulation 2 amended (Interpretation)

(1)

In regulation 2(1), insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:

Afghan emergency resettlement visa means a permanent resident visa of a kind described in the immigration instructions S4.35 (Afghan Emergency Resettlement Category)

(2)

In regulation 2(1A)(a)(i), after “21 September 2020”, insert “(for the Christchurch response visa) or 5 December 2021 (for the Afghan emergency resettlement visa)”.

5 Regulation 12 amended (Eligibility for certain allowances)

After regulation 12(1)(a)(iii), insert:

(iiia)

satisfies the chief executive that the student is a person who holds a residence class visa that is an Afghan emergency resettlement visa under the Immigration Act 2009; or

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 5 December 2021, amend the Student Allowances Regulations 1998 (the principal regulations). The effect of the amendment is that people holding an Afghan emergency resettlement visa are eligible for allowances under regulation 3 of the principal regulations.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 2 December 2021.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Social Development.