Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsParliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement (other than for former Prime Ministers) expires in accordance with this section
(1) If:
(a) a person is a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement on 13 May 2014, or becomes a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement after that day; and
(b) the person is not a former Prime Minister;
the person's Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement expires in accordance with this section.
Effects of expiry
(2) The effects of expiry of a person's Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement are as follows:
(a) the person ceases, on the expiry of the Entitlement, to be a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement;
(b) subject to subsection ( 3), the person can never again become entitled to, or be a holder of, a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement;
(c) the expiry of the Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement does not affect an entitlement under this Act in respect of a return trip that a person has taken, or started to take, before the expiry of the Entitlement.
(3) Paragraph ( 2)(b) does not apply to a person who later becomes the Prime Minister.
Certain Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlements expire at the end of 13 May 2014
(4) If:
(a) on retirement from the Parliament before 14 May 2008, a person became a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement; and
(b) the person is a former senior office holder but is not a former Prime Minister;
the person's Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement expires at the end of 13 May 2014.
(5) If:
(a) on retirement from the Parliament before 14 May 2011, a person became a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement; and
(b) the person is not a former Prime Minister or a former senior office holder;
the person's Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement expires at the end of 13 May 2014.
Expiry of other Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlements
(6) If:
(a) on retirement from the Parliament on or after 14 May 2008, a person became or becomes a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement; and
(b) the person is a former senior office holder but is not a former Prime Minister;
the person's Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement expires (subject to subsection ( 8)) at the earliest of the following:
(c) the end of 72 months starting on the date of the retirement;
(d) the second end of a Parliament to occur after:
(i) the date of the retirement (unless subparagraph ( ii) applies); or
(ii) if the retirement occurs during a Parliament (the current Parliament )--the end of the current Parliament;
(e) the day section 1 of the Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Act 2017 commences.
(7) If:
(a) on retirement from the Parliament on or after 14 May 2011, a person became or becomes a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement; and
(b) the person is not a former Prime Minister or a former senior office holder;
the person's Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement expires (subject to subsection ( 8)) at the earliest of the following:
(c) the end of 36 months starting on the date of the retirement;
(d) the next end of a Parliament to occur after:
(i) the date of the retirement (unless subparagraph ( ii) applies); or
(ii) if the retirement occurs during a Parliament (the current Parliament )--the end of the current Parliament;
(e) the day section 1 of the Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Act 2017 commences.
(8) If, under subsection ( 6) or (7), a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement would (but for this subsection) expire at a time before the end of 13 May 2014, the Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement is instead taken to expire under that subsection at the end of that day.