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Parliamentary Retirement Travel Act 2002
10Former Prime Ministers who have retired from the Parliament
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10 Former Prime Ministers who have retired from the Parliament
(1) The following table has effect:
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:0.05pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:343.65pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Entitlements</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:159.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">This person...</span></p></td><td style="width:138.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">is entitled to...</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:25pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:159.1pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>a former Prime Minister who:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) has retired from the Parliament; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) is the holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement</span></p></td><td style="width:138.15pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>a maximum of 30 domestic return trips per year.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:159.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the spouse or</span><span> </span><span>de</span><span> </span><span>facto</span><span> </span><span>partner of a former Prime Minister, where the former Prime Minister:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) has retired from the Parliament; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) is the holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement</span></p></td><td style="width:138.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>a maximum of 20 domestic return trips per year, so long as no more than 10 of those trips are non</span><span>‑</span><span>accompanying/joining trips (as defined by subsection</span><span> </span><span>(3)).</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:159.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the surviving spouse or</span><span> </span><span>de</span><span> </span><span>facto</span><span> </span><span>partner of a former Prime Minister</span></p></td><td style="width:138.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the following:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) a maximum of 10 domestic return trips in the 12</span><span>‑</span><span>month period beginning at the time of the death of the former Prime Minister or the commencement of this section, whichever is later;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) a maximum of 10 domestic return trips in each of the next 4 succeeding 12</span><span>‑</span><span>month periods;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) a maximum of 5 domestic return trips in each subsequent succeeding 12</span><span>‑</span><span>month period.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>