9When return trip is in a year etc.

9 When return trip is in a year etc.

Year (1) For the purposes of this Act, if a return trip begins in a particular year, the trip is taken to be in that year (even if the trip is completed after the end of that year). Surviving spouse or de facto partner (2) Subsection (1) does not apply for the purposes of determining the entitlements of the surviving spouse or de facto partner of a former Prime Minister. (3) If: (a) the surviving spouse or de facto partner of a former Prime Minister has entitlements under this Act in relation to: (i) the 12‑month period beginning at the time of the death of the former Prime Minister or the commencement of this section, whichever is the later; and (ii) each succeeding 12‑month period; and (b) the surviving spouse or de facto partner begins a return trip in one of those 12‑month periods; the trip is taken to be in that 12‑month period (even if the trip is completed after the end of that 12‑month period). (4) If the surviving spouse or de facto partner of a former Prime Minister has entitlements under this Act only in relation to: (a) the 12‑month period beginning at the time of the death of the former Prime Minister or the commencement of this section, whichever is the later; and (b) the next succeeding 12‑month period; then: (c) if the surviving spouse or de facto partner begins a return trip in the period mentioned in paragraph (a)—the trip is taken to be in that period, so long as the trip is completed before the end of the period mentioned in paragraph (b); and (d) if the surviving spouse or de facto partner begins a return trip in the period mentioned in paragraph (b)—the trip is taken to be in that period, so long as the trip is completed before the end of that period.