110Salaries and allowances

1. There must be paid to coroners (including the chief coroner, the deputy chief coroner, and any relief coroners) and associate coroners, out of public money, without further authority than this section,—

2. salaries at the rates from time to time determined by the Remuneration Authority; and
3. the allowances from time to time determined by the Remuneration Authority; and
4. the additional allowances (if any), being travelling allowances or incidental or minor allowances, from time to time determined by the Governor-General.

5. The salary of a coroner or an associate coroner must not be diminished during the continuance of their appointment.

6. The salary and allowances payable for a period during which a coroner or an associate coroner acts on a part-time basis must be calculated and paid as a pro-rata proportion of the salary and allowances of a full-time equivalent position.

7. If the chief coroner ceases to hold that office but continues to hold office as a coroner, his or her salary and allowances may be reduced by the amount of any salary or allowances he or she received solely because of being the chief coroner.

8. If the deputy chief coroner ceases to hold that office but continues to hold office as a coroner, his or her salary and allowances may be reduced by the amount of any salary or allowances he or she received solely because of being the deputy chief coroner.

9. For the purposes of subsection (2), the payment of salary and allowances on a pro-rata basis under subsection (3) or the payment of reduced salary and allowances under subsection (4) or (4A) is not a diminution in salary.

10. Nothing in this section applies to a person who (under section 22(a) of the District Court Act 2016) is a coroner by virtue of holding office as a District Court Judge.