Reprint as at 8 December 2009
The title was substituted for the title “Higher Salaries Commission Act 1977”, as from 1 April 2003, by section 3(1) Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).
“Higher Salaries Commission Act 1977”
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.
This Act is administered in the Department of Labour.
Title
1 Short Title and commencement
2 Interpretation
3 Act to bind the Crown
4 Establishment of Remuneration Authority
5 Membership of Authority
6 Term of office
7 Extraordinary vacancies
8 Meetings
9 Members and officers to maintain secrecy
10 Remuneration and travelling allowances
11 Staff of Authority
12 Functions of Authority
12A Remuneration
12AA Superannuation
12B Functions of Authority in relation to judicial salaries and superannuation
12C Allowances
13 Amendment of Schedules 2, 3, and 4
14 Implementation of determinations
15 Release of determinations
16 Publication of determinations fixing Parliamentary salary and allowances
17 Provisions relating to Parliamentary and judicial superannuation
17A Obligation to consult before making determinations about Parliamentary salaries and allowances
18 Criteria for Authority
18A Countervailing economic conditions
19 Frequency of adjustments
20 Interim adjustments [Repealed]
21 Submissions to Authority
22 Recommendations to Commission [Repealed]
23 Application of cost-of-living increases [Repealed]
24 Remuneration of existing holder not to be reduced
25 Powers of Authority
26 Delegation [Repealed]
27 Annual report
28 Money to be appropriated by Parliament for purposes of this Act
29 Members not personally liable
30 Other enactments not to prevail
31 Determinations of Authority to prevail over contracts of service in case of conflict
32 Consultation with Authority
33 Consequential amendments
34 Repeal
35 Revocations and amendments
36 Savings and validation
Schedule 1Corporations and bodies whose highest paid executive officers' remuneration is to be determined by Authority
[Repealed]
Schedule 2University positions the salaries for which are to be determined by Higher Salaries Commission
Schedule 3Local authorities whose chief executive officers' remuneration is to be determined by Higher Salaries Commission
Schedule 4Officers whose remuneration is to be determined by Authority
Schedule 5Enactments amended
Reprint notes
The Long Title was repealed, as from 1 April 2003, by section 3(2) Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54). It previously read “An Act to establish a Higher Salaries Commission”.
“An Act to establish a Higher Salaries Commission”
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: