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73: Remuneration Authority to determine travel expenses of former Prime Ministers

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"Who pays travel costs for former Prime Ministers and their families?"

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The Parliament Bill proposes a change to the law. You will see a new rule about travel expenses for former Prime Ministers. The Remuneration Authority will decide if former Prime Ministers and their spouses or partners can get travel expenses paid for by the government. They will get these expenses if the Authority says they can. If the Authority says they can get travel expenses, the government will pay them. This includes spouses or partners of former Prime Ministers, even if the former Prime Minister has died. The spouse or partner will keep getting expenses, even if they remarry or re-partner, until they die. The Remuneration Authority's decision will be a type of law, and you can find out more about how these laws are published in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. You can look at the Legislation Act 2019 to learn more about this. This proposed change is part of the Parliament Bill, which is a bill to change the law.

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73Remuneration Authority to determine travel expenses of former Prime Ministers

  1. The Remuneration Authority must determine the travel expenses within New Zealand (if any) to be paid out of public money for the following persons:

  2. a person who has held the office of Prime Minister:
    1. a spouse or partner of a person who has held the office of Prime Minister, including after the death of the former Prime Minister.

      1. If the Remuneration Authority determines under subsection (1) that travel expenses are payable, then the persons specified in the determination are to be paid, out of public money, those travel expenses.

      2. If a former Prime Minister dies, the surviving spouse or partner of that person continues to be eligible for any expenses determined under subsection (1)(b)—

      3. whether or not the spouse or partner remarries or re-partners; and
        1. until the spouse or partner dies.

          1. A determination under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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