CHAPTER 1: History of the Civil List Act
During the next 20 years, various payments provided for in the Civil List a cts
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of 1863 and 1873 began to be replaced by other enactments. For example, the
Ministers’ s
alaries and
a
llowances
a
ct 1887 repealed the provisions of the Civil
List a ct 1863
a mendment
a
ct 1873 in relation to salaries and allowances of
ministers of the Crown, and set out new salaries and allowances for the p
rime
Minister and members of the e
xecutive Council.
28
i
n 1904, the
s
upreme Court
Judges’ s
alaries
a
ct 1904 provided for a payment of salaries to judges, “in lieu
of the sum granted by the Civil List
i
n 1892, the
p
ayment of Members
a ct repealed the
p
arliamentary Honorarium
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and p
rivileges
a ct 1884. The new
a
ct continued to provide for deductions for
absence, and travelling expenses, but members were now to be paid monthly,
in equal amounts during recesses as well as during the session. This has been
described as the first formal acknowledgement of the fact that a member’s
parliamentary responsibilities extended beyond the period of his attendance
at the House, and that constituency demands occupied most of his time and
involved expense during the long recesses.29
Twentieth Century
i
n 1908, a number of enactments were consolidated into the Civil List
a ct 1908.
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This a
ct now provided for payments of salary and allowances to the Governor,
the a ttorney-General, and the
e
xecutive Council and Ministers.
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The second
s
chedule to the
a
ct provided for sums to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund
for judges’ salaries, native purposes, and the establishment of the General
Government, with details provided in the s
chedule as to how the sums were to
be divided between the
in the same year, the Legislature act 1908 provided for payments of salaries and
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travelling allowances to members of the General a
ssembly for their attendance
in discharge of their parliamentary duties, and salaries for the speaker and
the Chairman of Committees of both the Legislative Council and the House of
representatives, and certain officers ofparliament.31 section 245 of the act
provided for deductions from payments to the members of the General a
ssembly
for absenteeism for more than 14 sitting days (except for illness or a cause
certified as unavoidable by the
28
This a ct was amended in 1900, and the number of ministers to whom salaries were appropriated was
increased Ministers’
s
alaries
29
a
drienne VonTunzelman
Membership of the New Zealand Parliament: a study of conditions, 1854 1978
above n 26, 68. The 1892 a ct was amended in 1901, and the 1901
a
ct was repealed and replaced by
the
p
ayment of Members
a ct
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The Civil List a
ct 1908 consolidated the following enactments: the Civil List
a
ct 1863, and its amending
a
ct of 1873; the Governor’s
s
alary and
a llowances
a
cts of 1873 and 1900; the
a
ttorney-General’s
a ct
1876; the Ministers’ s
alaries and
a llowances
a
ct 1887, and the amending
a
ct of 1900; the
s
upreme Court
Judges
s
alaries
a
ct 1904; and sections 2 and 3 of the
31
Legislature
a
ct 1908, ss 243 251.
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