Governor-General (Allowance) Order 2022: revoked (with effect at the close of 30 September 2023), on 15 February 2024, by clause 4 of the Governor-General (Allowance) Order 2024 (SL 2024/3).

Cindy Kiro, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 12th day of December 2022

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General 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.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Governor-General’s allowance
4	Revocation
	Explanatory note
	Gazette Information
	Notes

Order

1 Title

This order is the Governor-General (Allowance) Order 2022.

2 Commencement

This order is deemed to have come into force on 1 October 2022.

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 $37,536 per annum.

4 Revocation

The Governor-General (Allowance) Order (No 2) 2021 (SL 2021/413) is deemed to have been revoked at the close of 30 September 2022.

Rachel Hayward,
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 2022, adjusts the rate of the Governor-General’s tax-exempt allowance to reflect the increase in the New Zealand Consumers Price Index between September 2021 and September 2022.

The allowance is fixed at a rate of $37,536 per annum (an increase of $2,532 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 The order setting the previous allowance is deemed to have been revoked at the close of 30 September 2022.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 15 December 2022.

Notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the Governor-General (Allowance) Order 2022 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 2024 (SL 2024/3): clause 4

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