New Zealand Legislation: Acts

14 Rights on retirement before attaining retiring age

• If the Chief Justice or the President of the Court of Appeal resigns from office before attaining the age of 70 years and is, at the time of his or her resignation and but for the fact of his or her resignation, entitled to a period of leave of absence, he or she shall continue to receive the salary, privileges, and allowances of his or her former office until the expiration of that period or until he or she attains the age of 70 years or until he or she dies, whichever is the sooner, and his or her rights and obligations under the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956 and all the rights which his or her surviving wife, husband, civil union partner, or de facto partner may have under that Act shall be the same as they would have been if he or she had been in office while his or her salary, privileges, and allowances so continued.

  Section 14 was repealed, as from 28 October 1955, by section 18(1) Superannuation Amendment Act 1955 (1955 No 1).

  A new section 14 was inserted, as from 25 October 1963, by section 3 Judicature Amendment Act 1963 (1963 No 133).

  Section 14 was amended, as from 1 January 1981, by section 2(2) Judicature Amendment Act 1980 (1980 No 88) by substituting “68” for “seventy-two”.

  Section 14 was amended, as from 26 April 2005, by section 7 Relationships (Statutory References) Act 2005 (2005 No 3) by inserting “or her” after “his” wherever it appears.

  Section 14 was amended, as from 26 April 2005, by section 7 Relationships (Statutory References) Act 2005 (2005 No 3) by inserting “or she” after “he” wherever it appears.

  Section 14 was amended, as from 26 April 2005, by section 7 Relationships (Statutory References) Act 2005 (2005 No 3) by substituting “surviving wife, husband, civil union partner, or de facto partner” for “widow”.

  Section 14 was amended, as from 6 March 2007, by section 5 Judicature Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 3) by substituting “70” for “68” in each place it appears.