Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1A) Nothing in this section prevents a former member who has been the Prime Minister from becoming a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement.
(1) A former member cannot become a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement if the first time that the former member became entitled to a parliamentary allowance was at or after the commencement of this section.
(2) A former member who has been entitled to a parliamentary allowance before the commencement of this section cannot become a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement if, immediately before that commencement, the former member:
(a) was not a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement ; and
(b) was not entitled to a parliamentary allowance.
(3) A former member who was entitled to a parliamentary allowance immediately before the commencement of this section cannot become a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement if:
(a) at or after that commencement, the former member ceased to be entitled to a parliamentary allowance; and
(b) the former member was not a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement at the time of that cessation.
(4) For the purposes of subsections ( 2) and (3), if a person:
(a) ceased to be a member of the House of Representatives upon the dissolution or expiration of that House; and
(b) was elected as a member of the Senate within 3 months after so ceasing to be a member of the House of Representatives;
then the person is taken to have been entitled to a parliamentary allowance from the time of so ceasing to be a member of the House of Representatives until the time the person first becomes entitled to a parliamentary allowance after being so elected as a member of the Senate.
(5) For the purposes of subsections ( 2) and (3), if a person:
(a) resigned as a member of the Senate; and
(b) was elected as a member of the House of Representatives within 3 months after the resignation;
then the person is taken to have been entitled to a parliamentary allowance from the time the person resigned as a member of the Senate until the time the person was elected as a member of the House of Representatives.
(6) For the purposes of subsections ( 4) and (5), a person who is elected as a result of a polling is taken to be elected on the polling day.