Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY RETIREMENT TRAVEL 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 accompanying or joining the former Prime Minister--accompanying or joining the former Prime Minister; and

  (g)   if the return trip was not accompanying or joining the former Prime Minister--not accompanying or joining the former Prime Minister.