DATE OF ISSUE:18 June 1990
NEW ZEALAND PENSIONS GENERAL INCREASE 1 APRIL 1990
The New Zealand Department of Social Welfare has sent or will send individual authority forms to your office for a general increase in pension due from 1 April 1990.
PAYMENT DATE
2.The date on which the new rates are to be put into effect is at your discretion, subject to the availability of resources in your office.
INDIVIDUAL AUTHORITY FORMS
3.The Department of Social Welfare is responsible for forwarding an individual authority form specifying the amount, in New Zealand Dollars, to be paid in each case. In any case where an authority form does not arrive please contact the New Zealand Department of Social Welfare direct.
PROCEDURAL CATEGORIES
4.There are no totally automatic aspects of this exercise and the procedures to apply are also at your discretion. Your ADP section could use an AL02 run to extract from the PMF all cases being paid on New Zealand code 5600. The AL02 run will provide a quick reference to the case.
RATES TABLE
A detailed rates table (attached) has been produced for your assistance.
JIM DALTON
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
BENEFITS PLANNING & MANAGEMENT