22Stop‑over by spouse or de facto partner of retired former Prime Minister

22 Stop‑over by spouse or de facto partner of retired former Prime Minister

For the purposes of this Act, if: (a) the spouse or de facto partner of a former Prime Minister undertakes a domestic return trip; and (b) the former Prime Minister has retired from the Parliament; and (c) the return trip uses an entitlement of the spouse or de facto partner under this Act; and (d) there are one or more stop‑overs that satisfy the following conditions: (i) the stop‑over is longer than 24 hours; (ii) none of the circumstances surrounding the stop‑over are circumstances of a kind declared by the regulations to be exceptional circumstances; then, for each such stop‑over, the spouse or de facto partner is taken to have completed an additional 0.5 domestic return trips: (e) at the time when the return trip was completed; and (f) if the return trip was accompanying or joining the former Prime Minister—accompanying or joining the former Prime Minister; and (g) if the return trip was not accompanying or joining the former Prime Minister—not accompanying or joining the former Prime Minister.