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Employment Relations Act 2000

Institutions - Judges of the court

206: Salaries and allowances of Judges

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“How much Judges get paid and what extras they receive”

You get paid if you are a Judge of the court. The money comes from public funds. The Remuneration Authority decides how much you get paid. They also decide what allowances you get.

If you are the Chief Judge, you might get paid more than other Judges. Your salary cannot be reduced while you are a Judge.

If you work part-time as a Judge, your salary and allowances are calculated based on what you would get if you worked full-time. This is not considered a reduction in your salary.

The Governor-General can decide on extra allowances for Judges, like travel expenses. These allowances can start on the date they are decided, or on a different date. If no date is specified, the allowances start on the date they are decided.

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Part 10 Institutions
Judges of the court

206Salaries and allowances of Judges

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

  2. a salary at such rate as the Remuneration Authority from time to time determines; and
    1. such allowances as are from time to time determined by the Remuneration Authority; and
      1. such additional allowances, being travelling allowances or other incidental or minor allowances, as may be determined from time to time by the Governor-General.

        1. In the case of the Chief Judge, the rate of salary and the allowances determined may be higher than those for the other Judges.

        2. The salary of a Judge is not to be reduced while the Judge holds office.

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

        4. For the purpose of subsection (3), the payment of salary and allowances on a pro rata basis under subsection (3A) is not a reduction of salary.

        5. Any determination made under subsection (1)(c), and any provision of any such determination, may be made so as to come into force on a date specified in the determination, being the date of the making of the determination or any other date, whether before or after the date of the making of the determination or the date of the commencement of this section.

        6. Every determination made under subsection (1)(c), and every provision of any such determination, in respect of which no date is specified under subsection (4) comes into force on the date of the making of the determination.

        Compare
        • 1991 No 22 s 115
        Notes
        • Section 206(1)(a): amended, on , by section 4(1) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).
        • Section 206(1)(b): amended, on , by section 4(1) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).
        • Section 206(3A): inserted, on , by section 5 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 43).
        • Section 206(3B): inserted, on , by section 5 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 43).