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Governor-General Act 2010

Provisions relating to remuneration, programme funding, and other payments concerning office of Governor-General - Salary, allowance, annuity, and other payments

6: Allowance of Governor-General

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"The Governor-General gets money to help with work expenses."

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The Governor-General gets an allowance to help with official expenses. You can think of an allowance as money given to help with certain costs. The amount of this allowance is decided by an Order in Council. The allowance is paid from the time the Governor-General starts their job, which can be when they agree to take the job or when they actually start working. It keeps being paid until they are no longer the Governor-General. An Order in Council is a kind of rule made by the government, and it can start being enforced on a date that is before, on, or after the date it is made. You can learn more about Orders in Council and how they are published by looking at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 1Provisions relating to remuneration, programme funding, and other payments concerning office of Governor-General
Salary, allowance, annuity, and other payments

6Allowance of Governor-General

  1. The Governor-General must be paid an allowance, at a rate fixed from time to time by Order in Council, for official expenses.

  2. The allowance is payable for the period—

  3. starting on the earlier of the following dates:
    1. a date agreed between the appointee and the Prime Minister:
      1. the date on which the appointee takes up the duties of the office; and
      2. ending on the date on which that person no longer holds office as Governor-General.

        1. An Order in Council made under this section comes into force on the date specified in the order, which may be a date that is before, on, or after the date the order is made.

        2. An Order in Council under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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        Notes
        • Section 6: $41,745 per annum is the allowance payable under this section (with effect on 1 October 2025), on , by clause 3 of the Governor-General (Allowance) Order 2026 (SL 2026/1).
        • Section 6(4): replaced, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).