Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATUTE LAW (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT (No. 2) 1985No. 193, 1985 - SECT 11

11. <(1) For the purposes of Part III of the Members of Parliament (Staff)
 Act 1984 as in force at any time before the commencement of the
amendments of that Part made by this Act, where -

   (a)  a person was, immediately before the dissolution of the House of
        Representatives that occurred after the commencement of that Part and
        before the commencement of those amendments, a Member of the House of
        Representatives;

   (b)  a determination by the Prime Minister under section 12 of that Act in
        respect of that person was in force in respect of the period from that
        dissolution until the commencement of those amendments; and

   (c)  that person was elected as a Member of that House at the first general
        election of Members of that House that followed that dissolution, that
        person shall be deemed to have continued to be a Member of that House
        from that dissolution until that person became a member of that House
        by election at that general election.

(2) For the purposes of Part IV of the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act  1984
as in force at any time before the commencement of the amendments of that Part
made by this Act, where -

   (a)  a person was, on the day (in this sub-section referred to as the

"relevant day") immediately before the polling day for the general election of
Members of the House of Representatives that was held after the commencement
of that Part and before the commencement of those amendments, a Senator for a
Territory; and

   (b)  that person was elected as a Senator at an election held at the same
        time as that general election, that person shall be deemed to have
        continued to be a Senator from the end of the relevant day until that
        person became a Senator as mentioned in paragraph (b).

(3) For the purposes of Part IV of the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act  1984
as in force at any time before the commencement of the amendments of that Part
made by this Act, where -

   (a)  a person was, immediately before the dissolution of the House of
        Representatives that occurred after the commencement of that Part and
        before the commencement of those amendments, a Member of the House of
        Representatives; and

   (b)  that person was a candidate for election as a Member of the House of
        Representatives at the first general election of Members of that House
        that followed that dissolution, that person shall be deemed to have
        continued to be a Member of that House from that dissolution until -

   (c)  if that person was elected as a Member of that House at that general
        election - that person became a Member of that House by being so
        elected; or

   (d)  if that person failed to be elected as a member of that House at that
        general election - the end of the day immediately before polling day
        for that general election.

(4) A reference in this section to the commencement of an amendment made by
this Act is a reference to the time at which the amendment came into
operation.