Governor-General Act 2010

Provisions relating to remuneration, programme funding, and other payments concerning office of Governor-General - Administrator of the Government

15: Salary and expenses of Administrator

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"The Administrator's pay and expenses"

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If you are the Chief Justice or the next most senior Judge, you keep getting your judge's salary when you act as the Administrator of the Government. You get this salary for the time you are acting as the Administrator. You can find more information by looking at the related law https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM32088

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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM2999134.

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Part 1Provisions relating to remuneration, programme funding, and other payments concerning office of Governor-General
Administrator of the Government

15Salary and expenses of Administrator

If the Chief Justice, or the next most senior Judge of the New Zealand judiciary who is able to act, acts as the Administrator of the Government, that person continues to receive the salary of his or her judicial office in respect of the period for which that person acts as the Administrator of the Government.

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1979 No 33 s 8