Remuneration Authority Act 1977

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Reprint as at 1 May 2011

Remuneration Authority Act 1977

Public Act1977 No 110
Date of assent23 December 1977

  • Act name: substituted, on 1 April 2003, by section 3(1) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).

Note

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.

Contents

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20 Interim adjustments [Repealed]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22 Recommendations to Commission [Repealed]

23 Application of cost-of-living increases [Repealed]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26 Delegation [Repealed]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 1
Corporations and bodies whose highest paid executive officers' remuneration is to be determined by Authority

[Repealed]

Schedule 2
University positions the salaries for which are to be determined by Higher Salaries Commission

[Repealed]

Schedule 3
Local authorities whose chief executive officers' remuneration is to be determined by Higher Salaries Commission

[Repealed]

Schedule 4
Officers whose remuneration is to be determined by Authority

Schedule 5
Enactments amended

Reprint notes

  • Title: repealed, on 1 April 2003, by section 3(2) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).