Editing Civil list (section)

==New Zealand==

The [[New Zealand Constitution Act 1852|''New Zealand Constitution Act 1852'']] (an enactment of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]) granted self-government to the [[Colony of New Zealand]] and made provision for sums payable to the monarch. Various Civil List enactments were passed, repealed and replaced over the next hundred years which provided for permanent appropriations of Parliament to fund to the [[Governor-General of New Zealand|Governor-General]], Prime Minister, [[New Zealand Cabinet|Cabinet Ministers]], [[Parliament of New Zealand|Members of Parliament]] and the judiciary. The ''Civil List Act 1950'' provided for salaries and allowances of members of Parliament to be fixed by Order in Council on the recommendation of a royal commission, where previously they had been set at intervals by legislation, and also codified the convention that a Minister of the Crown must be a member of Parliament. It was amended in 1964 to provide for an annuity for former prime ministers and the widows of former prime ministers.

The [[Civil List Act 1979|''Civil List Act 1979'']], succeeding the 1950 Act, was the final enactment of that name. It provided for a Higher Salaries Commission (now known as the Remuneration Authority), an independent salary-setting body for public offices including judges. A standalone ''Higher Salaries Commission Act 1977'' extracted the commission from the ''Civil List Act''. Some parts of the Act were also rehomed into the [[Constitution Act 1986|''Constitution Act 1986'']]. A review of the ''Civil List Act 1979'' was undertaken by the [[New Zealand Law Commission|Law Commission]] from 2007 to 2010; eventually the Act was repealed in two stages.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civil List Act 1979 {{!}} Law Commission |url=https://www.lawcom.govt.nz/our-projects/civil-list-act-1979 |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=www.lawcom.govt.nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=PM welcomes review of Civil List Act |url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/pm-welcomes-review-civil-list-act |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=The Beehive |language=en}}</ref> The provisions relating to the Governor-General were repealed and replaced by the [[Governor-General Act 2010|''Governor-General Act 2010'']] and the remaining provisions were repealed and replaced by the [[Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Services) Act 2013|''Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Services) Act 2013'']].