4CExpiry of Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement (other than for former Prime Ministers)

4C Expiry of Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement (other than for former Prime Ministers)

Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement (other than for former Prime Ministers) expires in accordance with this section (1) If: (a) a person is a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement on 13 May 2014, or becomes a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement after that day; and (b) the person is not a former Prime Minister; the person’s Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement expires in accordance with this section. Effects of expiry (2) The effects of expiry of a person’s Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement are as follows: (a) the person ceases, on the expiry of the Entitlement, to be a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement; (b) subject to subsection (3), the person can never again become entitled to, or be a holder of, a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement; (c) the expiry of the Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement does not affect an entitlement under this Act in respect of a return trip that a person has taken, or started to take, before the expiry of the Entitlement. (3) Paragraph (2)(b) does not apply to a person who later becomes the Prime Minister. Certain Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlements expire at the end of 13 May 2014 (4) If: (a) on retirement from the Parliament before 14 May 2008, a person became a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement; and (b) the person is a former senior office holder but is not a former Prime Minister; the person’s Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement expires at the end of 13 May 2014. (5) If: (a) on retirement from the Parliament before 14 May 2011, a person became a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement; and (b) the person is not a former Prime Minister or a former senior office holder; the person’s Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement expires at the end of 13 May 2014. Expiry of other Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlements (6) If: (a) on retirement from the Parliament on or after 14 May 2008, a person became or becomes a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement; and (b) the person is a former senior office holder but is not a former Prime Minister; the person’s Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement expires (subject to subsection (8)) at the earliest of the following: (c) the end of 72 months starting on the date of the retirement; (d) the second end of a Parliament to occur after: (i) the date of the retirement (unless subparagraph (ii) applies); or (ii) if the retirement occurs during a Parliament (the current Parliament)—the end of the current Parliament; (e) the day section 1 of the Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Act 2017 commences. (7) If: (a) on retirement from the Parliament on or after 14 May 2011, a person became or becomes a holder of a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement; and (b) the person is not a former Prime Minister or a former senior office holder; the person’s Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement expires (subject to subsection (8)) at the earliest of the following: (c) the end of 36 months starting on the date of the retirement; (d) the next end of a Parliament to occur after: (i) the date of the retirement (unless subparagraph (ii) applies); or (ii) if the retirement occurs during a Parliament (the current Parliament)—the end of the current Parliament; (e) the day section 1 of the Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Act 2017 commences. (8) If, under subsection (6) or (7), a Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement would (but for this subsection) expire at a time before the end of 13 May 2014, the Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement is instead taken to expire under that subsection at the end of that day.