3Objects of this Act

3 Objects of this Act

(1) The main objects of this Act are to recognise the following: (a) that members should be remunerated, and provided with resources, for being a member; (b) that members should be able to use public resources for reasonable costs incurred for the dominant purpose of conducting parliamentary business; (c) that members have obligations in relation to the use of those public resources. (2) The other objects of this Act are to ensure that: (a) on retirement, former members are provided with limited resources to facilitate their ceasing to be a member; and (aa) if a person dies while a member, the person’s estate may be paid an allowance in recognition that the resources mentioned in paragraph (a) will not be provided; and (b) reasonable resources are provided to former Prime Ministers to support their continuing contribution to public life beyond their parliamentary service.