Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (LIFE GOLD PASS) ACT 2002 - SECT 6

                   For the purposes of this Act, if:

                     (a)  a person dies while a member (whether the death occurs before, at or after the commencement of this section); and

                     (b)  immediately before his or her death, the person satisfied the relevant qualifying period for the issue of a Life Gold Pass;

the person is taken:

                     (c)  to have retired from the Parliament at the time of his or her death; and

                     (d)  to have been qualified to hold a Life Gold Pass on retirement from the Parliament.