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LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Members of Parliament Gratuities (Special Options) (CAP.

2 73 1 CHAPTER 273 r THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT GRATUITIES (SPECIAL OPTIONS) ACT Arrangement of Sections Section 1.

Short title.

2.

Interpretation.

3.

Right of option for gratuity.

4.

Time of exercise of option.

5.

Granting gratuity under the Act of 1967.

6.

Granting gratuity under the Act of 1979.

7.

Option deemed favourable.

MEMBERS O F PARLIAMENT GRATUITIES (SPECIAL OPTIONS) (7th October, 1982 .)

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This Act may be cited as the Members of Parlia- short title.

ment Gratuities (Special Options) Act.

2.

In this Act- Interpretation.

"the Act of 1967" "the Act of 1979" an1 "member of Parliament" have the same meanings as are assigned to those expressions in the Members of Parliament Gratuities (Options) Act; Cap.

272.

"the Act of 1981" means the Members of Parliament Gratuities (Options) Act; LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 2 C A P .
273) Members of Parliament Gratuities (Special Options) "full parliamentary term" means, as respects Parlia- ment, from the first time that a session of Parlia- ment is held after a general election to the dissolu- tion of such Parliament; and, as respects the Legislative Council of the former Presidency or the former Colony of Antigua, from the first time that a session of such Council was held after a general election to the dissolution of that Council.

Right of option for gratuity.

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Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Act of 1979 or the Act of 1981, or the repeal of the Act of 1967, where a person was, immediately before the Act of 1979 came into operation, entitled to a gratuity under the Act of 1967, and- (i) is also entitled to a gratuity under the Act of 1979; and (ii) has attained the age of sixty years or more; and (iii) has served as a member of Parliament from time to time for not less than four full parliamentary terms, he may by notice in writing to the Governor-General, opt to receive a gratuity either under the Act of 1967 or under the Act of 1979.
Time of exercise of option.

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Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, a person who opts to receive a gratuity under this Act may exercise his option at any time whether or not at the time when he exercises such option he has ceased to be a member of Parliament.

Granting gratuity under the Act of 1967.

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Where a person opts under this Act to receive a gratuity under the Act of 1967 he shall be granted a gratuity in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 1967 as if section 18 of the Act of 1979 (which repealed the Act of 1967) has not come into operation as law.

LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Members of Parliament Gratuities (Special Options) (CAP.

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Where a person opts under this Act to receive a Granting gratuity under the Act of gratuity under the Act of 1979 he shall be granted a gratuity 1979. in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 1979.

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Where a person is entitled to exercise an option option deemed under this Act, the law for which he opts shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be more favourable to him than the law for which he does not opt.