Section 171 — Employment Relations Act 2000: Salaries and allowances

171 Salaries and allowances (1) There is to be paid to each member of the Authority, out of public money, without further appropriation than this section,— (a) a salary at such rate or in accordance with such scale of rates as the Remuneration Authority from time to time determines; and (b) subject to subsection (2) , such allowances as are from time to time determined by the Remuneration Authority. (2) There is to be paid to each member of the Authority, in respect of time spent travelling in the exercise of the Authority's functions, travelling allowances and expenses in accordance with the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951 ; and the provisions of that Act apply accordingly as if the member were a member of a statutory Board and the travelling were in the service of a statutory Board. (3) In the case of the Chief of the Authority, the rate of salary and the allowances determined may be higher than those for the other members of the Authority. (4) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents in an appropriate case payment to a member of the Authority of a salary and allowances on a per diem basis. Compare: 1991 No 22 s 86(1)-(3) Subsection (1) was amended, as from 1 April 2003, by section 4(1) Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54) by substituting the words “ Remuneration Authority ” for the words “ Higher Salaries Commission ” in both places where they appear.