Civil List Determination 2009

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  • Civil List Determination 2009: expired, on 31 March 2010, by clause 3.

Reprint
as at 31 March 2010

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Civil List Determination 2009

(SR 2009/59)

  • Civil List Determination 2009: expired, on 31 March 2010, by clause 3.

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

Pursuant to section 3(1)(a) and (2) of the Civil List Act 1979 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 Civil List Determination 2009.

2 Commencement

  • This determination is deemed to have come into force on 1 January 2009.

3 Expiry

  • This determination expires on 31 March 2010.

4 Salary of Governor-General

  • (1) The salary payable to the Governor-General under section 3(1)(a) of the Civil List Act 1979 is,—

    • (a) with effect from 1 January 2009, payable at the rate of $188,462 a year; and

    • (b) with effect from 1 April 2009, payable at the rate of $191,645 a year.

    (2) The salary is determined on the basis that it is and will remain exempt from income tax.

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of March 2009.

David Oughton,
Chairman.

A Foulkes,
Member.

M Wintringham,
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 January 2009, sets the rate at which the Governor-General's salary is payable. From 1 January 2009, the salary is payable at the rate of $188,462 a year. From 1 April 2009, the salary is payable at the rate of $191,645 a year.

The determination strikes a balance between the Remuneration Authority's statutory obligation to be fair to the person whose remuneration is being determined and the Governor-General's expressed wish not to receive a salary increase this year.

The Authority must determine the Governor-General's salary on the basis that it is exempt from income tax. In reaching a determination, the Authority first establishes a notional gross salary. This enables comparisons to be made with remuneration market information (including information on the remuneration of other comparable positions for which the Authority has salary-setting responsibility). The gross salary thus derived is then converted into a tax-free salary by applying the current personal income tax rates and threshold levels.

In making this determination, the Authority has applied, to the Governor-General's notional gross salary for 2008, the changes in the personal income tax rates and thresholds which came into effect on 1 October 2008, and which will come into effect on 1 April 2009. The effect is that the Governor-General's remuneration is being adjusted to place it on the same basis as that of any salaried person who receives no increase in his or her taxable remuneration from 2008 to 2009, but who does benefit from the 1 October 2008 and 1 April 2009 adjustments in taxation rates and thresholds.

This determination expires on 31 March 2010.

Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notification in Gazette: 26 March 2009.

Contents

  • 1General

  • 2Status of reprints

  • 3How reprints are prepared

  • 4Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989

  • 5List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first)

Notes
1 General

  • This is a reprint of the Civil List Determination 2009. The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the determination as at 31 March 2010, as specified in the list of amendments at the end of these notes.

    Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that have yet to come into force or that contain relevant transitional or savings provisions are also included, after the principal enactment, in chronological order.

2 Status of reprints

  • Under section 16D of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by the amendments to that enactment. This presumption applies even though editorial changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in the reprint.

    This presumption may be rebutted by producing the official volumes of statutes or statutory regulations in which the principal enactment and its amendments are contained.

3 How reprints are prepared

  • A number of editorial conventions are followed in the preparation of reprints. For example, the enacting words are not included in Acts, and provisions that are repealed or revoked are omitted. For a detailed list of the editorial conventions, see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/ or Part 8 of the Tables of New Zealand Acts and Ordinances and Statutory Regulations and Deemed Regulations in Force.

4 Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989

  • Section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 authorises the making of editorial changes in a reprint as set out in sections 17D and 17E of that Act so that, to the extent permitted, the format and style of the reprinted enactment is consistent with current legislative drafting practice. Changes that would alter the effect of the legislation are not permitted.

    A new format of legislation was introduced on 1 January 2000. Changes to legislative drafting style have also been made since 1997, and are ongoing. To the extent permitted by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, all legislation reprinted after 1 January 2000 is in the new format for legislation and reflects current drafting practice at the time of the reprint.

    In outline, the editorial changes made in reprints under the authority of section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 are set out below, and they have been applied, where relevant, in the preparation of this reprint:

    • •omission of unnecessary referential words (such as “of this section” and “of this Act”)

    • •typeface and type size (Times Roman, generally in 11.5 point)

    • •layout of provisions, including:

      • •indentation

      • •position of section headings (eg, the number and heading now appear above the section)

    • •format of definitions (eg, the defined term now appears in bold type, without quotation marks)

    • •format of dates (eg, a date formerly expressed as “the 1st day of January 1999” is now expressed as “1 January 1999”)

    • •position of the date of assent (it now appears on the front page of each Act)

    • •punctuation (eg, colons are not used after definitions)

    • •Parts numbered with roman numerals are replaced with arabic numerals, and all cross-references are changed accordingly

    • •case and appearance of letters and words, including:

      • •format of headings (eg, headings where each word formerly appeared with an initial capital letter followed by small capital letters are amended so that the heading appears in bold, with only the first word (and any proper nouns) appearing with an initial capital letter)

      • •small capital letters in section and subsection references are now capital letters

    • •schedules are renumbered (eg, Schedule 1 replaces First Schedule), and all cross-references are changed accordingly

    • •running heads (the information that appears at the top of each page)

    • •format of two-column schedules of consequential amendments, and schedules of repeals (eg, they are rearranged into alphabetical order, rather than chronological).

5 List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first)

  • Civil List Determination 2009 (SR 2009/59): clause 3