171Salaries and allowances

1. There is to be paid to each member of the Authority, out of public money, without further appropriation than this section,—

2. a salary at such rate or in accordance with such scale of rates as the Remuneration Authority from time to time determines; and
3. subject to subsection (2), such allowances as are from time to time determined by the Remuneration Authority.

4. There is to be paid to each member of the Authority, in respect of time spent travelling in the exercise of the Authority's functions, travelling allowances and expenses in accordance with the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951; and the provisions of that Act apply accordingly as if the member were a member of a statutory board and the travelling were in the service of a statutory board.

5. In the case of the Chief of the Authority or of a member of the Authority to whom a delegation has been made under section 166B, the rate of salary and the allowances determined may be higher than those for the other members of the Authority.

6. Nothing in subsection (1) prevents in an appropriate case payment to a member of the Authority of a salary and allowances on a per diem basis.

Compare

• 1991 No 22 s 86(1)–(3)

Notes

• Section 171(1)(a): amended, on 1 April 2003, by section 4(1) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).
• Section 171(1)(b): amended, on 1 April 2003, by section 4(1) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).
• Section 171(3): amended, on 13 January 2020, by section 4 of the Regulatory Systems (Workforce) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 63).