Part 1Provisions relating to remuneration, programme funding, and other payments concerning office of Governor-General
Salary, allowance, annuity, and other payments
9Annuity for spouse or partner of former Governor-General
If a person to whom section 8 applies dies after ceasing to hold office, the surviving spouse or partner of that person must be paid an annuity at half the yearly rate at which an annuity would have been payable to the person under section 8 if that person had not died.
If a Governor-General dies while in office, the surviving spouse or partner of that person must be paid an annuity at half the yearly rate at which the annuity would have been payable to that person under section 8 had he or she resigned from the office as at the date of death.
The annuity under subsection (1) or (2) is payable from the date of death of the person who held office as Governor-General until the spouse or partner dies.
Compare
- 1979 No 33 s 4(2)–(7)