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MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (LIFE GOLD PASS) ACT 2002 - SECT 14

Pro-rata adjustments

             (1)  The following table has effect:

 

Pro‑rata adjustment

Item

For the purposes of the application of...

if the following condition is satisfied...

the item has effect for that year as if the number of domestic return trips specified in the item were the number worked out under subsection (2), where the remaining period begins on...

1

item 1 of a table in Part 2 or 3 to a former member

the former member retires from the Parliament during a year

the day after the day on which the former member retires from the Parliament.

2

item 2 of a table in Part 2 or 3 to a person who is the spouse or de facto partner of a former member

either or both of the following happens during a year:

(a)  there is a start day for a nomination under section 9B of the person as the spouse or de facto partner of the former member at a time when the former member was retired from the Parliament;

(b) the former member retires from the Parliament.

whichever is the later of the following days:

(a)  the start day for the nomination under section 9B;

(b) the day after the day on which the former member retires from the Parliament.

3

item 1, 2 or 3 of a table in Part 4 to a person who is the spouse or de facto partner of a member

either or both of the following happens during a year:

(a)  there is a start day for a nomination under section 9B of the person as the spouse or de facto partner of the former member;

(b) the member first satisfies the relevant qualifying period for the issue of a Life Gold Pass

whichever is the later of the following days:

(a)  the start day for the nomination under section 9B;

(b) the day on which the member first satisfied the relevant qualifying period for the issue of a Life Gold Pass.

Pro‑rating of entitlement

             (2)  The number of domestic return trips for the purposes of the table is the lower of:

                     (a)  the number of trips worked out using the formula in subsection (2A); and

                     (b)  the difference between:

                              (i)  the maximum number of trips specified in the relevant item of the table in Part 2, 3 or 4 for a spouse or de facto partner of the member or former member; and

                             (ii)  the number of trips (if any) already taken in the year by a spouse or de facto partner of the member or former member previously nominated under section 9B.

          (2A)  For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), the formula is:

where:

"remaining period" means the period:

                     (a)  beginning on the day worked out using the table; and

                     (b)  ending at the end of the year.

             (3)  A number worked out using the formula is to be rounded to the nearest whole number that is greater than zero (rounding up in the case exactly half‑way between 2 whole numbers).


 

   



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