Governor-General (Allowance) Order 2018: revoked (with effect on 1 October 2018), on 13 December 2018, by clause 4 of the Governor-General (Allowance) Order (No 2) 2018 (LI 2018/251).

Patsy Reddy, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 19th day of February 2018

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

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.

This order is administered by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

This order is made under section 6 of the Governor-General Act 2010 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Allowance of Governor-General
4	Revocation
	Explanatory note
	Gazette Information
	Reprint notes

Order

1 Title

This order is the Governor-General (Allowance) Order 2018.

2 Commencement

This order is deemed to have come into force on 1 October 2017.

3 Allowance of Governor-General

The allowance payable to the Governor-General under section 6 of the Governor-General Act 2010 is payable at the rate of $31,804 per annum.

4 Revocation

The Governor-General (Allowance) Order 2017 (LI 2017/10) is deemed to have been revoked at the close of 30 September 2017.

Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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 2017, fixes the rate of the Governor-General’s tax-exempt allowance for official expenses at $31,804 per annum.

The purpose of the allowance is confined to meeting expenses incurred by the Governor-General personally in undertaking the duties of office. It does not extend to programme costs, which are separately funded.

The Governor-General (Allowance) Order 2017 is deemed to have been revoked at the close of 30 September 2017.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 22 February 2018.

Reprints notes

1 General

This is a reprint of the Governor-General (Allowance) Order 2018 that incorporates all the amendments to that order 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

Governor-General (Allowance) Order (No 2) 2018 (LI 2018/251): clause 4

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