Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which is deemed to have come into force on 1 October 2006, increases the rate at which the Governor-General's allowance for expenses is payable from $150,291 a year to $173,816 a year.

The increase has been calculated as follows:

• •an adjustment to last year's allowance on the basis of the Consumers Price Index increase of 3.5% between September 2005 and September 2006. This results in last year's allowance increasing to $155,616:

• •the inclusion of a clothing grant of $18,200. A separate clothing grant has been paid to Governors-General for many years. The amount has been determined on an ad hoc basis by the Prime Minister of the time. It is now appropriate to treat this grant as part of the general allowance under the Civil List Act 1979.