Part 4A—Deceased member allowance

Deceased member allowance

4A.1 The allowance specified in section 4A.2 is determined for the purposes of subsection 15(2) of the PBR Act. 4A.2 If a person dies while a member, the estate of the person is entitled to be paid an allowance calculated in accordance with the following formula: (A x B) / 26 where:

A is the base salary applicable under section 2.1 on the day on which the person died.

B is the lesser of:

(a) 13; and
(b) the number of years, rounded down to the nearest whole year, in the period between the most recent day on which the person became a member of a relevant Parliament for the person and the day on which the person died.

A Parliament is a relevant Parliament for a person if the person: (a) is a member of the Parliament; and (b) was not a member of the previous Parliament. 4A.3 If, on the day that a person dies, the person is not a member but is entitled to be paid remuneration under section 49 of the PBR Act, the person is taken to be a member for the purposes of section 4A.2.