Parliament Act 2025

Salaries, allowances, expenses, and services for members and others - Salaries, allowances, and certain expenses determined by Remuneration Authority - Requirements applicable to determinations about travel and accommodation expenses

77: How frequently determination must be made

You could also call this:

"How often politicians' travel expenses are decided"

The Remuneration Authority makes a decision about travel and accommodation expenses once in each term of Parliament. You can think of a term of Parliament like a long period of time when a group of politicians are in charge. The Authority talks to the Speaker and the Minister Responsible for Ministerial Services at the start of each term to plan when they will make their decision. The decision they make stays in place until they make a new one to replace it. You can find out more about how this works by looking at the law from 1986 https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM4034296

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76: Procedural requirements applying to determinations about travel and accommodation expenses, or

"Rules for Deciding Travel and Accommodation Expenses"

78: Remuneration Authority may amend determination, or

"The Remuneration Authority can change its rules if they are wrong or need updating."

Part 4Salaries, allowances, expenses, and services for members and others
Salaries, allowances, and certain expenses determined by Remuneration Authority: Requirements applicable to determinations about travel and accommodation expenses

77How frequently determination must be made

The Remuneration Authority must make a determination once in each term of Parliament.
The Remuneration Authority must consult the Speaker and the Minister Responsible for Ministerial Services at the beginning of each term about the proposed timing of its determination for that term.
A determination continues in force until it is superseded by another determination made in accordance with subsection (1).

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