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MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (LIFE GOLD PASS) ACT 2002 - SECT 10

Former Prime Ministers who have retired from the Parliament

             (1)  The following table has effect:

 

Entitlements

Item

This person...

is entitled to...

1

a former Prime Minister who:

(a)  has retired from the Parliament; and

(b) is the holder of a Life Gold Pass

a maximum of 40 domestic return trips per year.

2

the spouse or de facto partner of a former Prime Minister, where the former Prime Minister:

(a)  has retired from the Parliament; and

(b) is the holder of a Life Gold Pass

a maximum of 40 domestic return trips per year, so long as no more than 10 of those trips are non‑accompanying/joining trips (as defined by subsection (3)).

3

the surviving spouse or de facto partner of a former Prime Minister

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 Prime Minister or the commencement of this section, whichever is later;

(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

             (2)  Subsection (1) has effect subject to section 14 (pro‑rata adjustments).

Non‑accompanying/joining trip

             (3)  For the purposes of this section, a domestic return trip by the spouse or de facto partner of a former Prime Minister is a non‑accompanying/joining trip if the trip is not for the purpose of accompanying or joining the former Prime Minister.


 

   



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