Funding and payments – Search and Rescue

Funding and payments – Search and Rescue

Last updated 6 July 2023
Last updated 6 July 2023

Funding for Search and Rescue provision is allocated for a specific number of hours of training.

Funding

The Minister responsible for tertiary education issues the Delegation to fund emergency management and search and rescue training. It sets out the purpose of the fund and gives authority to the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) to administer the funding.

Funding is agreed via a Memorandum of Understanding.

The Ministry of Transport receives Search and Rescue Fund funding and must:

Funding allocation and payments

Funding for Search and Rescue is set through the Government’s annual budget process. 

The TEC determines the amount of Search and Rescue funding for the Ministry of Transport.

Search and Rescue funding is paid in equal monthly instalments on the first banking day of each month.

Funding wash-ups

For the calculation of funding wash-ups see the methodology and technical specifications from the relevant year. The most recent information is at the top.