JOSEPH MOONEY (National—Southland): Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise to speak in regards to the Remuneration Authority Legislation Bill at its second reading. This is an omnibus bill that amends the Remuneration Authority Act 1977, and six other Acts, to transfer responsibility for determining the remuneration for a number of judicial officers from the Cabinet fees framework to the authority. Basically, the purpose of this is to ensure that the remuneration of those officers will remain the same until the authority makes its first determination. However, if the Remuneration Authority determines that any of the officers should be paid less than their current remuneration, the Remuneration Authority Act 1977 requires that the remuneration remains at its current level. These officers would be: the chairperson and deputy chairpersons of the Human Rights Tribunal, community magistrates of the District Court, environment commissioners and deputy commissioners of the Environment Court, members and deputy chairs of the Immigration and Protection Tribunal, referees of the Disputes Tribunal, and tenancy adjudicators of the Tenancy Tribunal.