Coroners (Salaries and Superannuation) Determination 2015: revoked (with effect on 1 January 2016, after expiring on 31 December 2015), on 16 June 2016, by clause 9 of the Coroners (Salaries and Superannuation) Determination 2016 (LI 2016/137).

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

Pursuant to section 110(1) of the Coroners Act 2006 and section 12B(1)(f) and (2) of 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 Coroners (Salaries and Superannuation) Determination 2015.

2 Commencement

This determination is deemed to have come into force on 1 January 2015.

3 Expiry

This determination expires on 31 December 2015.

4 Interpretation

In this determination, unless the context otherwise requires,—

coroner—

(a)

means a person holding office under any of sections 103, 104, or 105 of the Coroners Act 2006; but

(b)

does not include a person who, under section 8(d) of the District Courts Act 1947, is a coroner by virtue of holding office as a District Court Judge

new GSF Scheme means the new government service superannuation scheme established under Part 2A of the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956

retirement scheme means a retirement scheme as defined in section 6(1) of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013, other than the new GSF Scheme

year means a period of 12 months ending on 31 December.

5 Salaries of coroners and Chief Coroner

(1)

The salary payable to a coroner must be at the annual rate of $259,500.

(2)

The salary payable to a Chief Coroner where that person is not a judge must be at the annual rate of $332,500, payable from the date on which the Chief Coroner is appointed.

(3)

A relief coroner appointed under section 104 of the Coroners Act 2006 is entitled to an additional payment of up to $38,925 by way of salary, provided that the annual sum of the following amounts must not exceed $298,425:

(a)

the salary payable under subclause (1); and

(b)

any additional payment under this subclause; and

(c)

any superannuation subsidy (inclusive of any tax liability) to which the coroner is entitled to be paid by the Crown other than under this determination.

6 Limited application of clause 7

Clause 7 does not apply to—

(a)

a Chief Coroner who is a Judge; or

(b)

a coroner who—

(i)

is a former coroner appointed under section 103(5) of the Coroners Act 2006; or

(ii)

is a relief coroner appointed under section 104 of the Coroners Act 2006; or

(iii)

is a current contributor under Part 5A of the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956; or

(iv)

is a current contributor to the new GSF Scheme.

7 Eligibility for subsidy on contributions to retirement scheme

(1)

A coroner or Chief Coroner who chooses to contribute to a retirement scheme is entitled to have a subsidy paid on his or her contribution.

(2)

The maximum amount of superannuation subsidy (inclusive of any tax liability) that is payable in any year is 20% of the gross salary actually paid to the coroner in that year.

(3)

In order to qualify for a superannuation subsidy, the contribution that the coroner or Chief Coroner must make to the retirement scheme, when expressed as a ratio of the superannuation subsidy to that person’s contribution, is 5:1.

8 Judicial determinations do not apply to coroners

To avoid doubt,—

(a)

nothing in the Judicial Salaries and Allowances Determination 2015 applies to coroners; and

(b)

nothing in the Judicial Superannuation Determination 2006 applies to coroners to whom clause 7 applies.

9 Revocation

The Coroners (Salaries and Superannuation) Determination 2014 (LI 2014/128) is revoked.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of March 2015.

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 January 2015 and expires on 31 December 2015, sets the salaries and superannuation rights of coroners and a Chief Coroner who is not a Judge.

The Remuneration Authority (the Authority) is responsible for setting the remuneration and the superannuation rights of coroners.

The Authority is required to have regard to the following when setting remuneration for coroners and other judicial officers:

the need to achieve and maintain fair relativity with the levels of remuneration received elsewhere; and
the need to be fair both—
- to the persons or group of persons whose remuneration is being determined; and
- to the taxpayer; and
the need to recruit and retain competent persons.

In addition, the Authority must take into account—

the requirements of the position concerned; and
the conditions of service enjoyed by the persons whose remuneration is being determined and those enjoyed by the persons or members of the group of persons whose remuneration and conditions of employment are, in the opinion of the Authority, comparable with those of the persons or members of the group whose remuneration is being determined; and
any prevailing adverse economic conditions, based on evidence from an authoritative source; and may determine the remuneration at a rate lower than it would otherwise have determined.

The Authority’s first determination for coroners came into force on 1 July 2007. In determinations made since that time the Authority has set coroners’ remuneration taking account of movement in the remuneration of other judicial officers and of those in the recruitment pools from which coroners are drawn.

This determination increases the salary of coroners from $249,500 to $259,000, broadly in line with the increase in salaries that the Authority determined for District Court Judges in 2014/15. It also provides for a salary of $332,500 for a Chief Coroner where that person is not a Judge.

The determination is for a year, from 1 January 2015. The determination could not be finalised earlier because of the preparatory work which the Authority was required to undertake before making the determination.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 2 April 2015.

Reprints notes

1 General

This is a reprint of the Coroners (Salaries and Superannuation) Determination 2015 that incorporates all the amendments to that determination as at the date of the last amendment to it.

2 Legal status

Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.

3 Editorial and format changes

Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.

4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint

Coroners (Salaries and Superannuation) Determination 2016 (LI 2016/137): clause 9

Coroners (Salaries and Superannuation) Determination 2015 (LI 2015/66): clause 3

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