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48  Transitional and application provision for amendments of the Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) Act 2002

Spouses entitled before commencement

(1) If, immediately before the commencement of the amendments of the Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) Act 2002 made by this Schedule, the spouse of a person was entitled to domestic return trips under that Act, the following provisions of that Act apply as if the spouse were nominated under section 9B of that Act:
 (a) sections 9A and 9B;
 (b) the definition of surviving spouse or de facto partner in section 4.

(2) Subitem (1) does not prevent a person from revoking a nomination, or giving a subsequent nomination, under section 9B of that Act.

Spouses or de facto partners who become entitled on commencement

    (3) If:
 (a) on or after the commencement of the amendments of the Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) Act 2002 made by this Schedule, a person makes a nomination under section 9B of that Act; and
 (b) the nomination names someone who was the spouse or de facto partner of the person on the day on which the amendments commenced;
the start day for the nomination cannot be earlier than the day on which the amendments commenced.

Application of amendments to surviving spouses or de facto partners

    (4) The amendments of the Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) Act 2002 made by this Schedule apply in relation to entitlements to domestic return trips for the surviving spouse or de facto partner of a person if the person's death occurs on or after the commencement of the amendments.

Application of amendments to widows and widowers

(5) If, immediately before the commencement of the amendments of the Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) Act 2002 made by this Schedule, a person was the widow of a deceased man or the widower of a deceased woman within the meaning of that Act, the person is, after commencement, taken to be the surviving spouse or de facto partner of the man or woman within the meaning of that Act as amended.

Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990