Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (LIFE GOLD PASS) ACT 2002 - SECT 22

                   For the purposes of this Act, if:

                     (a)  the spouse or de facto partner of a former Prime Minister undertakes a domestic return trip; and

                     (b)  the former Prime Minister has retired from the Parliament; and

                     (c)  the return trip uses an entitlement of the spouse or de facto partner under this Act; and

                     (d)  there are one or more stop‑overs that satisfy the following conditions:

                              (i)  the stop‑over is longer than 24 hours;

                             (ii)  none of the circumstances surrounding the stop‑over are circumstances of a kind declared by the regulations to be exceptional circumstances;

then, for each such stop‑over, the spouse or de facto partner is taken to have completed an additional 0.5 domestic return trips:

                     (e)  at the time when the return trip was completed; and

                      (f)  if the return trip was for the purpose of accompanying or joining the former Prime Minister--for that purpose; and

                     (g)  if the return trip was not for the purpose of accompanying or joining the former Prime Minister--otherwise than for the purpose of accompanying or joining the former Prime Minister.