(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 Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement | a maximum of 30 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 Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement | a maximum of 20 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 spouse or de facto partner is not accompanying or joining the former Prime Minister.