9Trustees may require pensioner to sign declaration

9 Trustees may require pensioner to sign declaration

9 Trustees may require pensioner to sign declaration

(1) The trustees may require a person receiving a pension or other benefit under the Act to give the trustees a signed declaration that, during the period for which the pension or benefit has been paid—

(a) the person has not become a member of another Parliament, or

(b) the person has not become entitled to payment of another pension because the person—

(i) has been a member of another Parliament, or

(ii) is in a relationship with a member of another Parliament.

(2) In this section—

another Parliament means the Parliament of the Commonwealth or a Parliament of another State.

relationship means the following—

(a) a marriage,

(b) a registered relationship,

(c) an interstate registered relationship,

(d) a de facto relationship.