Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (MEMBERS' SUPERANNUATION) ACT 1991 - SECT 3A

    (1)     For this Act, a "discontinuance", in relation to a member, happens when the member's term of office ends by—

        (a)     death; or

        (b)     resignation; or

        (c)     retirement on the ground of invalidity; or

        (d)     disqualification or expulsion; or

        (e)     dissolution of the Legislative Assembly; or

        (f)     the ending of the member's term of office under the Self-Government Act, section 10 (Term of office of member).

    (2)     However, a discontinuance is taken not to have happened for this chapter if the member is re-elected to the Legislative Assembly at—

        (a)     if subsection (1) (e) applies—the 1st general election after the dissolution of the Assembly; or

        (b)     if subsection (1) (f) applies—the general election for which the polling day marks the end of the member's term of office.