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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

79: Remuneration Authority must consult before making determination

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"The Remuneration Authority must talk to important people before making a decision about pay."

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The Remuneration Authority has to talk to some people before making a decision. You need to know they talk to the Speaker, the Minister Responsible for Ministerial Services, and the Commissioner of Inland Revenue. The Commissioner of Inland Revenue helps with how the decision affects members' tax. The Remuneration Authority then makes a draft decision and gives all members a chance to look at it and say what they think. They have to give members a reasonable amount of time to do this. You can compare this to a similar law from 2013, which is available at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM4034284

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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

79Remuneration Authority must consult before making determination

  1. Before making a determination, the Remuneration Authority must consult the following persons:

  2. the Speaker:
    1. the Minister Responsible for Ministerial Services:
      1. the Commissioner of Inland Revenue, in relation to the consequences of the proposed determination for members’ tax liability.

        1. The Remuneration Authority must then—

        2. prepare a draft determination; and
          1. give all members a reasonable opportunity to consider the draft determination and be heard on it.

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