Remuneration Authority (COVID-19 Measures) Amendment Act 2020
Remuneration Authority (COVID-19 Measures) Amendment Act 2020
Public Act |
2020 No 18 |
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Date of assent |
15 May 2020 |
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Commencement |
see section 2 |
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Remuneration Authority (COVID-19 Measures) Amendment Act 2020.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3 Principal Act
This Act amends the Remuneration Authority Act 1977 (the principal Act).
4 New section 19A inserted (Temporary reduction determinations (COVID-19))
After section 19, insert:
19A Temporary reduction determinations (COVID-19)
(1)
The Authority may make a determination adjusting the remuneration of an office holder listed in Schedule 4A for the purpose of temporarily reducing the remuneration payable to that person (a temporary reduction determination).
(2)
No temporary reduction determination may be made after 30 June 2020.
(3)
A temporary reduction determination may not reduce the remuneration payable to a person by more than 20%.
(4)
A temporary reduction determination must—
(a)
specify the date on which it comes into force (which must be no later than 30 days after the date on which it is made); and
(b)
specify the determination to which it applies (the original determination); and
(c)
specify the adjusted remuneration payable to the person; and
(d)
require the remuneration specified in the original determination to be read as the adjusted remuneration specified in the temporary reduction determination until the date on which the temporary reduction determination expires; and
(e)
specify the date on which it expires (which must be no later than 6 months after the date on which it comes into force).
(5)
A temporary reduction determination is a determination for the purposes of the enactment under which the original determination was made, and the provisions of that enactment that relate to the making of a determination apply to the making of a temporary reduction determination.
(6)
This section overrides sections 18A(3), 19(1) and (2), and 24.
(7)
The existence of a temporary reduction determination does not prevent the amendment or replacement of an original determination in accordance with the enactment under which the original determination was made.
(8)
If the original determination to which a temporary reduction determination applies is amended or replaced, the Authority may amend the temporary reduction determination to specify—
(a)
the replacement determination to which the temporary reduction determination applies:
(b)
the adjusted remuneration payable (which must implement a percentage adjustment that is the same as the percentage adjustment that was made when the temporary reduction determination came into force).
(9)
Subsection (8) applies in addition to section 19(4).
(10)
This section and Schedule 4A are repealed on 31 January 2021.
5 New Schedule 4A inserted
After Schedule 4, insert the Schedule 4A set out in the Schedule of this Act.
Schedule New Schedule 4A inserted
Schedule 4A Office holders in respect of whom temporary reduction determination may be made
s 19A
The Chief Censor of Film and Literature and the Deputy Chief Censor of Film and Literature
The Chief Executive of the Parliamentary Service
The Chief of Air Force
The Chief of Army
The Chief of Defence Force
The Chief of Navy
The Chief Parliamentary Counsel
The Children’s Commissioner
The Clerk of the House of Representatives
The Commissioner of Police and the Deputy Commissioner of Police
The Controller and Auditor-General and the Deputy Controller and Auditor-General
The Health and Disability Commissioner
Māori Trustee
Mayors, Deputy Mayors, Chairpersons, Deputy Chairpersons, and members of local authorities
Members and alternate members of the Human Rights Commission and the Director of Human Rights Proceedings or the Director’s alternate
Members and associate members of the Commerce Commission
Members and associate members of the Financial Markets Authority
Members of the Broadcasting Standards Authority
Members of the Climate Change Commission
Members of the Criminal Cases Review Commission
Members of Drug Free Sport New Zealand
Members of the Electoral Commission
Members of the Electricity Authority
Members of the External Reporting Board
Members of the Law Commission
Members of the New Zealand Productivity Commission
Members of Parliament
Members of the Takeovers Panel
Members of the Transport Accident Investigation Commission
The Mental Health Commissioner and the Deputy Health and Disability Commissioners
Ombudsmen (including the Chief Ombudsman)
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
The Privacy Commissioner and the Deputy Privacy Commissioner
The Retirement Commissioner
The Solicitor-General
The State Services Commissioner and the Deputy State Services Commissioner
Legislative history
14 May 2020 |
Introduction (Bill 266–1), first reading, second reading, third reading |
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15 May 2020 |
Royal assent |
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.