sec.21Expense-of-office allowance

sec.21 Expense-of-office allowance

The purpose of this section is to make provision for an expense-of-office allowance payable for each financial year to particular judicial officers. Each of the following judicial officers is entitled to the payment of an expense-of-office allowance— the Chief Justice, the President of the Court of Appeal and the other Supreme Court judges; the Chief Judge and the other District Court judges; the President of the Land Court and the other members of the Land Court; the President of the Industrial Court. The amount of the expense-of-office allowance for a financial year payable to a judicial officer increases each financial year in accordance with the consumer price index for the preceding financial year. If the increase of the expense-of-office allowance for a financial year is worked out after the start of that year, it must be backdated to the start. The expense-of-office allowance for a financial year may be paid to a judicial officer to reimburse his or her vouched expenses in that year for 1 or more of the following— attendance by the judicial officer and his or her spouse at official functions, conferences and conventions; library books and subscriptions and maintenance, binding and insurance of the books or matters covered by the subscriptions; fees for membership of professional associations; purchase, maintenance and insurance of judicial wigs and regalia; purchase of newspapers and periodicals; travel for the judicial officer and his or her spouse, including accommodation as part of the travel, in connection with official functions, conferences, conventions and academic activities. However the expense-of-office allowance payable for a financial year to a judicial officer may only be paid for a purpose mentioned in subsection (5) (f) if the judicial officer has not travelled at public expense during the financial year for more than the following— once overseas otherwise than to or from New Zealand; twice within Australia or to, from or within New Zealand. For subsection (6) , the class of travel undertaken by a judicial officer is irrelevant. An amount of expense-of-office allowance for a financial year that is not paid to a judicial officer under subsection (5) may be paid to the judicial officer to reimburse expenses incurred in a later financial year for a matter mentioned in that subsection. The expense-of-office allowance is not payable at any time as salary or a lump sum, including as a lump sum on retirement or resignation. In this section— at public expense , in relation to travel, means all or part of the cost of the travel was paid for using an amount paid as education and conference allowance or expense-of-office allowance. consumer price index means either of the following— the Consumer Price Index (All Groups) Brisbane, as published by the Australian Statistician, Brisbane; if another index is nominated by the Australian Statistician as mentioned in section 30 , the other index. (sec.21-ssec.1) The purpose of this section is to make provision for an expense-of-office allowance payable for each financial year to particular judicial officers. (sec.21-ssec.2) Each of the following judicial officers is entitled to the payment of an expense-of-office allowance— the Chief Justice, the President of the Court of Appeal and the other Supreme Court judges; the Chief Judge and the other District Court judges; the President of the Land Court and the other members of the Land Court; the President of the Industrial Court. (sec.21-ssec.3) The amount of the expense-of-office allowance for a financial year payable to a judicial officer increases each financial year in accordance with the consumer price index for the preceding financial year. (sec.21-ssec.4) If the increase of the expense-of-office allowance for a financial year is worked out after the start of that year, it must be backdated to the start. (sec.21-ssec.5) The expense-of-office allowance for a financial year may be paid to a judicial officer to reimburse his or her vouched expenses in that year for 1 or more of the following— attendance by the judicial officer and his or her spouse at official functions, conferences and conventions; library books and subscriptions and maintenance, binding and insurance of the books or matters covered by the subscriptions; fees for membership of professional associations; purchase, maintenance and insurance of judicial wigs and regalia; purchase of newspapers and periodicals; travel for the judicial officer and his or her spouse, including accommodation as part of the travel, in connection with official functions, conferences, conventions and academic activities. (sec.21-ssec.6) However the expense-of-office allowance payable for a financial year to a judicial officer may only be paid for a purpose mentioned in subsection (5) (f) if the judicial officer has not travelled at public expense during the financial year for more than the following— once overseas otherwise than to or from New Zealand; twice within Australia or to, from or within New Zealand. (sec.21-ssec.7) For subsection (6) , the class of travel undertaken by a judicial officer is irrelevant. (sec.21-ssec.8) An amount of expense-of-office allowance for a financial year that is not paid to a judicial officer under subsection (5) may be paid to the judicial officer to reimburse expenses incurred in a later financial year for a matter mentioned in that subsection. (sec.21-ssec.9) The expense-of-office allowance is not payable at any time as salary or a lump sum, including as a lump sum on retirement or resignation. (sec.21-ssec.10) In this section— at public expense , in relation to travel, means all or part of the cost of the travel was paid for using an amount paid as education and conference allowance or expense-of-office allowance. consumer price index means either of the following— the Consumer Price Index (All Groups) Brisbane, as published by the Australian Statistician, Brisbane; if another index is nominated by the Australian Statistician as mentioned in section 30 , the other index.