Judicial Officers Superannuation Amendment Determination 2022

2022/78

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Judicial Officers Superannuation Amendment Determination 2022

This determination (to which is appended an explanatory memorandum) is made by the Remuneration Authority under section 12B(2) of the Remuneration Authority Act 1977.

Determination

1 Title

This determination is the Judicial Officers Superannuation Amendment Determination 2022.

2 Commencement

This determination is deemed to have come into force on 1 October 2021.

3 Principal determination

This determination amends the Judicial Officers Superannuation Determination 2019.

4 Clause 5 amended (Maximum subsidy on annual superannuation contribution)

(1)

Replace clause 5(1)(ab) with:

(ab)

in the case of an appointed Judge of the Court Martial Appeal Court or the Chief Judge or any other Judge of the Court Martial (other than a Judge of the Court Martial who is a District Court Judge), 37.5% of the gross salary and allowances actually paid to the judicial officer in that year; and

(2)

Replace clause 5(2)(b)(iii) and (iv) with—

(iii)

an appointed Judge of the Court Martial Appeal Court appointed in an acting, fixed-term, or temporary capacity; and

(iv)

the Chief Judge or any other Judge of the Court Martial appointed in an acting, fixed-term, or temporary capacity.

(3)

Revoke clause 5(3).

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of March 2022.

Fran Wilde,
Chairperson.

Geoff Summers,
Member.

Dallas Welch,
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 October 2021, amends the Judicial Officers Superannuation Determination 2019 (the principal determination).

The changes remove a restriction on permanent part-time Judges of the Court Martial Appeal Court and Judges of the Court Martial receiving a superannuation subsidy. The effect of the amendments is that Judges who are permanently appointed to those courts, irrespective of whether the appointment is on a full-time or a part-time basis, will be entitled to receive the judicial officer’s superannuation prescribed in the principal determination. Judges who are appointed to those courts in an acting, fixed-term, or temporary capacity, however, will not be entitled to the superannuation subsidy.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 24 March 2022.