Parliamentary Business Resources Regulations 2017
95CFortnightly amount of electorate allowance
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 95C
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Parliamentary Business Resources Regulations 2017.
95C Fortnightly amount of electorate allowance
Amount for a whole fortnight (1) Subject to subsection (2), the fortnightly amount of electorate allowance payable to a person for a fortnight is the amount worked out in accordance with the following formula: Start formula start fraction The annual amount of electorate allowance payable to the person times 12 over 313 end fraction end formula. Amount for part of a fortnight (2) If electorate allowance is payable to a person for a part of a fortnight, then the fortnightly amount of electorate allowance payable to the person for that fortnight is the amount worked out in accordance with the following formula: Start formula start fraction Full fortnightly amount times Number of included days over 14 end fraction end formula. where:
full fortnightly amount means the amount worked out in accordance with the formula in subsection (1).
number of included days means the number of days in the part of the fortnight.
Amount for the transitional fortnight (3) Subject to subsection (4), subsections (1) and (2) do not apply in relation to the transitional fortnight. (4) If electorate allowance is payable to a person for the whole or a part of the transitional fortnight, then the fortnightly amount of electorate allowance payable to the person for the transitional fortnight is the amount worked out in accordance with the following formula: Start formula start fraction Full fortnightly amount times Number of included days over 14 end fraction end formula. where:
full fortnightly amount means the amount worked out in accordance with the formula in subsection (1).
number of included days means:
(a) if electorate allowance is payable to the person for the whole of the transitional fortnight—17; or
(b) if electorate allowance is payable to the person for a part of the transitional fortnight—the number of days in the part of the fortnight.
Note: If electorate allowance is payable to a person for a part of the transitional fortnight, the number of included days in the part of the fortnight may be over 14.