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MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (LIFE GOLD PASS) ACT 2002 No. 110, 2002 - SECT 11

Former members

Scope

(1)
This section applies if a former member never held office as Prime Minister.

Entitlements

(2)
The following table has effect:


Entitlements


Item


This person...


is entitled to...


1


a former member who is the holder of a Life Gold Pass


a maximum of 25 domestic return trips per year.


2


the spouse of a former member, where the former member is the holder of a Life Gold Pass


a maximum of 25 domestic return trips per year, so long as each trip is for the purpose of accompanying or joining the former member.


3


the widow or widower of a former member, where the former member:

(a) was the holder of a Life Gold Pass at the time of his or her death; and
(b) died after the commencement of this section


the following:

(a) a maximum of 10 domestic return trips in the 12-month period beginning at the time of the death of the former member;
(b) a maximum of 5 domestic return trips in the next succeeding 12-month period;

so long as each trip is completed before the end of that next succeeding 12-month period.


4


the widow or widower of a former member, where the former member:

(a) retired from the Parliament on or after 1 June 1976; and
(b) was the holder of a Life Gold Pass at the time of his or her death; and
(c) died during the 12-month period preceding the commencement of this section


the following:

(a) a maximum of 10 domestic return trips in the 12-month period beginning at the commencement of this section;
(b) a maximum of 5 domestic return trips in the next succeeding 12-month period;

so long as each trip is completed before the end of that next succeeding 12-month period.


5


the widow or widower of a former member, where the former member:

(a) retired from the Parliament before 1 June 1976; and
(b) was the holder of a Life Gold Pass at the time of his or her death; and
(c) died before the commencement of this section


the following:

(a) a maximum of 10 domestic return trips in the 12-month period beginning at the commencement of this section;
(b) a maximum of 10 domestic return trips in each of the next 4 succeeding 12-month periods;
(c) a maximum of 5 domestic return trips in each subsequent succeeding 12-month period.


Pro-rata adjustments

(3)
Subsection (2) has effect subject to section 14 (pro-rata adjustments).



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