Governor-General (Annuities) Determination 2017
Governor-General (Annuities) Determination 2017: revoked, on 1 April 2018 (after expiring on 31 March 2018), by clause 5 of the Governor-General (Annuities) Determination 2018 (LI 2018/42).
Reprint as at 1 April 2018
Governor-General (Annuities) Determination 2017
(LI 2017/79)
Governor-General (Annuities) Determination 2017: revoked, on 1 April 2018 (after expiring on 31 March 2018), by clause 5 of the Governor-General (Annuities) Determination 2018 (LI 2018/42).
Note
Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.
Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.
Pursuant to section 8 of the Governor-General Act 2010 and to the Remuneration Authority Act 1977, the Remuneration Authority makes the following determination (to which is appended an explanatory memorandum).
Determination
1 Title
This determination is the Governor-General (Annuities) Determination 2017.
2 Commencement
This determination is deemed to have come into force on 1 April 2017.
3 Expiry
This determination expires on 31 March 2018.
4 Annuity for former Governor-General
The annuity payable under section 8(2) and (3) of the Governor-General Act 2010 is at the yearly rate of $15,270.
5 Revocation
The Governor-General (Annuities) Determination 2016 (LI 2016/88) is revoked.
Dated at Wellington this 7th day of April 2017.
Fran Wilde,
Chairperson.
Geoff Summers,
Member.
Len Cook,
Member.
Explanatory memorandum
This memorandum is not part of the determination, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This determination, which is deemed to have come into force on 1 April 2017, increases the rate of the annuity payable to a former Governor-General.
The yearly rate of the annuity is increased from $15,000 to $15,270 from 1 April 2017.
This determination reflects movements in pay for other senior positions where the Remuneration Authority sets the remuneration.
The yearly rate of the annuity is the same regardless of how long the former Governor-General held office. The annuity payable is determined by multiplying the yearly rate by each complete year of the period that the Governor-General held office, but not exceeding 5 years.
Section 9 of the Governor-General Act 2010 (the Act) provides that if a former Governor-General dies, the surviving spouse or partner is to be paid an annuity at half of the yearly rate that would have been payable if the person had not died.
Section 8(4) of the Act provides that the annuity is payable from the date that is 6 months after the date on which the person ceased to hold office as Governor-General.
This determination is for a year from 1 April 2017. The determination could not be finalised earlier because of the preparatory work that the Authority was required to undertake before making the determination.
This determination expires on 31 March 2018.
Date of notification in Gazette: 20 April 2017.
Reprints notes
1 General
This is a reprint of the Governor-General (Annuities) Determination 2017 that incorporates all the amendments to that determination as at the date of the last amendment to it.
2 Legal status
Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.
3 Editorial and format changes
Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.