25Termination or suspension of pension if recipient becomes a member of Parliament

25 Termination or suspension of pension if recipient becomes a member of Parliament

25 Termination or suspension of pension if recipient becomes a member of Parliament

(1) If a person who is receiving or is entitled to receive a pension under this Part in respect of his or her service as a member, or in respect of whom payment of a pension has been deferred under this Part, again becomes a member (and is at that time a continuing member referred to in section 4A) his or her right to that pension shall cease.

(2) If a person who is receiving or is entitled to receive a pension under this Part, or in respect of whom payment of a pension has been deferred under this Part—

(a) becomes a member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth or of any other State, or

(b) becomes a member or again becomes a member (not being a person to whom subsection (1) applies),

the right of that person to receive a pension under this Part shall be suspended while that person continues to be such a member.

(3) (Repealed)

s 25: Am 1980 No 14, sec 3; 1981 No 86, Sch 1 (10); 1999 No 89, Sch 1 [16] [17]; 2010 No 56, Sch 1 [2] [3].