Governor-General (Allowance) Order (No 2) 2021
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Version as at 15 December 2022
Governor-General (Allowance) Order (No 2) 2021
(SL 2021/413)
Governor-General (Allowance) Order (No 2) 2021: revoked (with effect at the close of 30 September 2022), on 15 December 2022, by clause 4 of the Governor-General (Allowance) Order 2022 (SL 2022/335).
Cindy Kiro, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 6th day of December 2021
Present:
The Right Hon Jacinda Ardern presiding in Council
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 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.
Order
1 Title
This order is the Governor-General (Allowance) Order (No 2) 2021.
2 Commencement
This order is deemed to have come into force on 1 October 2021.
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 $35,004 per annum.
4 Revocation
The Governor-General (Allowance) Order 2021 (LI 2021/10) is deemed to have been revoked at the close of 30 September 2021.
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 2021, adjusts the rate of the Governor-General’s tax-exempt allowance to reflect the increase in the New Zealand Consumers Price Index between September 2020 and September 2021.
The allowance is fixed at a rate of $35,004 per annum (an increase of $1,646 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 The order setting the previous allowance is deemed to have been revoked at the close of 30 September 2021.
Date of notification in Gazette: 9 December 2021.
Notes
1 General
This is a consolidation of the Governor-General (Allowance) Order (No 2) 2021 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
Governor-General (Allowance) Order 2022 (SL 2022/335): clause 4
Versions
Governor-General (Allowance) Order (No 2) 2021
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