4AClosing the Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement scheme to new members, other than to members who become Prime Minister

4A Closing the Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement scheme to new members, other than to members who become Prime Minister

(1A) Nothing in this section prevents a former member who has been the Prime Minister from becoming a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement. (1) A former member cannot become a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement if the first time that the former member became entitled to a parliamentary allowance was at or after the commencement of this section. (2) A former member who has been entitled to a parliamentary allowance before the commencement of this section cannot become a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement if, immediately before that commencement, the former member: (a) was not a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement; and (b) was not entitled to a parliamentary allowance. (3) A former member who was entitled to a parliamentary allowance immediately before the commencement of this section cannot become a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement if: (a) at or after that commencement, the former member ceased to be entitled to a parliamentary allowance; and (b) the former member was not a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement at the time of that cessation. (4) For the purposes of subsections (2) and (3), if a person: (a) ceased to be a member of the House of Representatives upon the dissolution or expiration of that House; and (b) was elected as a member of the Senate within 3 months after so ceasing to be a member of the House of Representatives; then the person is taken to have been entitled to a parliamentary allowance from the time of so ceasing to be a member of the House of Representatives until the time the person first becomes entitled to a parliamentary allowance after being so elected as a member of the Senate. (5) For the purposes of subsections (2) and (3), if a person: (a) resigned as a member of the Senate; and (b) was elected as a member of the House of Representatives within 3 months after the resignation; then the person is taken to have been entitled to a parliamentary allowance from the time the person resigned as a member of the Senate until the time the person was elected as a member of the House of Representatives. (6) For the purposes of subsections (4) and (5), a person who is elected as a result of a polling is taken to be elected on the polling day.