Parliamentary Annuities Determination 2022: revoked (after expiring on 31 December 2023), on 1 January 2024, by clause 5 of the Parliamentary Annuities Determination 2023 (SL 2023/291).

Note

The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

This determination (to which is appended an explanatory memorandum) is made by the Remuneration Authority under section 43 of the Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Services) Act 2013 and in accordance with the Remuneration Authority Act 1977.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Annuity for former Prime Minister
4	Expiry
5	Revocation
	Explanatory memorandum
	Gazette Information
	Notes

Determination

1 Title

This determination is the Parliamentary Annuities Determination 2022.

2 Commencement

This determination comes into force on 1 January 2023.

3 Annuity for former Prime Minister

The annuity payable under section 43(1)(a) of the Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Services) Act 2013 to a person who has held the office of Prime Minister for not less than 2 years (whether for a continuous period or for periods totalling 2 years) is payable at the yearly rate of the lesser of the following:

(a)

$11,400 for each complete year of the total period for which the person held the office:

(b)

$57,000 (annual maximum annuity payable).

4 Expiry

This determination expires on 31 December 2023.

5 Revocation

The Parliamentary Annuities Determination 2021 (SL 2021/380) is revoked.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of November 2022.

Fran Wilde,
Chairperson.

Dallas Welch,
Member.

Vern Walsh,
Member.

Explanatory memorandum

This memorandum is not part of the determination, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This determination, which comes into force on 1 January 2023, sets the annuity payable to a person who has held the office of Prime Minister (a former Prime Minister) for not less than 2 years (whether for a continuous period or for periods totalling 2 years). It replaces the Parliamentary Annuities Determination 2021, which expires on 31 December 2022.

The yearly rate that forms the basis for calculating the annuity is increased from $11,100 to $11,400, and the maximum annuity payable is increased from $55,500 to $57,000.

Under section 43(1)(b) of the Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Services) Act 2013, the surviving spouse or partner of a former Prime Minister must be paid an annuity at half that yearly rate.

This determination continues the practice of adjusting the annuities by having regard to changes in public sector salary and wage rates as shown in the Labour Cost Index as published by Statistics New Zealand for the September 2022 quarter.

This determination expires on 31 December 2023.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 1 December 2022.

Notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the Parliamentary Annuities Determination 2022 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.

2 Legal status

A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.

Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.

3 Editorial and format changes

The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.

4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation

Parliamentary Annuities Determination 2023 (SL 2023/291): clause 5

Parliamentary Annuities Determination 2022 (SL 2022/317): clause 4

Parliamentary Annuities Determination 2022