Governor-General (Annuities) Determination 2012

  • revoked
  • Governor-General (Annuities) Determination 2012: revoked (with effect on 1 April 2013), on 24 May 2013 (after expiring on 31 March 2013), by clause 5 of the Governor-General (Annuities) Determination 2013 (SR 2013/228).

Reprint
as at 24 May 2013

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Governor-General (Annuities) Determination 2012

(SR 2012/157)

  • Governor-General (Annuities) Determination 2012: revoked (with effect on 1 April 2013), on 24 May 2013 (after expiring on 31 March 2013), by clause 5 of the Governor-General (Annuities) Determination 2013 (SR 2013/228).

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 8 of the Governor-General Act 2010 and 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 2012.

2 Commencement

  • This determination is deemed to have come into force on 1 April 2012.

3 Expiry

  • This determination expires on 31 March 2013.

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 $13,616.

5 Revocation

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of June 2012.

John Errington,
Chairman.

A Foulkes,
Member.

D Morcom,
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 2012, increases the rate of the annuity payable to a former Governor-General.

The yearly rate of the annuity is increased from $13,348 to $13,616 from 1 April 2012.

This determination continues the past practice of adjusting the annuities consistent with general cost of living movements.

The rate of the annuity is the same regardless of whether the former Governor-General held office for a total period of less than 2 complete years or for a total period of 2 complete years or more. However, in the latter case, the Governor-General Act 2010 (the Act) caps the duration of the annuity at 5 years.

Section 9 of 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 expires on 31 March 2013.

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

Date of notification in Gazette: 28 June 2012.

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 Governor-General (Annuities) Determination 2012. The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the determination as at 24 May 2013, as specified in the list of amendments at the end of these notes.

    Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions that cannot be compiled in the reprint are also included, after the principal enactment, in chronological order. For more information, see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/reprints/ .

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)

  • Governor-General (Annuities) Determination 2013 (SR 2013/228): clause 5

    Governor-General (Annuities) Determination 2012 (SR 2012/157): clause 3