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Legislation Act 2019

Parliamentary Counsel Office - Chief Parliamentary Counsel and employees of PCO

139: Remuneration and conditions of appointment of Chief Parliamentary Counsel

You could also call this:

"Pay and work rules for the Chief Parliamentary Counsel"

The Chief Parliamentary Counsel gets paid a certain amount of money and receives allowances that are decided by the Remuneration Authority. You can think of the Remuneration Authority like a group that helps decide how much people in important jobs should get paid. The Attorney-General decides the terms and conditions of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel's job, unless this Act says otherwise. The Attorney-General is a person who helps make big decisions about the law in New Zealand. The amount of money the Chief Parliamentary Counsel gets paid and their job conditions are decided by these groups.

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139Remuneration and conditions of appointment of Chief Parliamentary Counsel

  1. The Chief Parliamentary Counsel is paid the remuneration and allowances determined by the Remuneration Authority.

  2. The terms and conditions of appointment of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel are determined from time to time by the Attorney-General unless otherwise provided in this Act.

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