Governor-General (Allowance) Order 2019: revoked (with effect on the close of 30 September 2020), on 18 February 2021, by clause 4 of the Governor-General (Allowance) Order 2021 (LI 2021/10).

Patsy Reddy, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 9th day of December 2019

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	Governor-General’s allowance
4	Revocation
	Explanatory note
	Gazette Information
	Reprint notes

Order

1 Title

This order is the Governor-General (Allowance) Order 2019.

2 Commencement

This order is deemed to have come into force on 1 October 2019.

3 Governor-General’s allowance

The allowance payable to the Governor-General under section 6 of the Governor-General Act 2010 is payable at the rate of $32,883 per annum.

4 Revocation

The Governor-General (Allowance) Order (No 2) 2018 (LI 2018/251) is deemed to have been revoked at the close of 30 September 2019.

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 2019, adjusts the rate of the Governor-General’s tax-exempt allowance to reflect the increase in the New Zealand Consumers Price Index between September 2018 and September 2019. The allowance is fixed at a rate of $32,883 per annum (an increase of $475 per annum).

The allowance is confined to the purpose of 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The Governor-General (Allowance) Order (No 2) 2018 is deemed to have been revoked at the close of 30 September 2019.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 12 December 2019.

Reprints notes

1 General

This is a reprint of the Governor-General (Allowance) Order 2019 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 2021 (LI 2021/10): clause 4

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