Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01840:section:24:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01840
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 24 (pt 6/8)
Character Range: 32213–34769

this section to the person and an annuity is not payable under this section to a widow of the person.

 "(7) Any period in which a person has held the office of Prime Minister and which is taken into account for the purposes of the application of this section to or in respect of the person shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act not to be a period in which the person served as an office holder.".

Re-election
15. Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by inserting after sub-section (2) the following sub-sections:
     "(2a) Where a person who is entitled to a parliamentary allowance at the date of commencement of this sub-section has, at any time before that date, received an amount referred to in sub-section (1) that he did not contract, or was not entitled to contract, with the Trust to repay to the Commonwealth as provided by that sub-section, the person may, within 3 months after that date, by notice in writing signed by the person and delivered personally or sent by post to the Secretary to the Department of Finance, elect to repay that amount to the Commonwealth.
     "(2b) Where a person who becomes entitled to a parliamentary allowance on or after the date of commencement of this sub-section has, at any time before that date, received an amount referred to in sub-section (1) that he is not entitled to contract with the Trust to repay to the Commonwealth as provided by that sub-section, the person may, within 3 months after the date on which he so becomes entitled to a parliamentary allowance, by notice in writing signed by the person and delivered personally or sent by post to the Secretary to the Department of Finance, elect to repay that amount to the Commonwealth.
     "(2c) Where an election is made under sub-section (2a) or (2b) to repay an amount to the Commonwealth—
         (a) the amount shall be repaid at such times and in such amounts as are agreed upon between the person and the Minister for Finance or, in the absence of agreement, at such times and in such amounts as the Minister for Finance determines, but so that the total of the amounts is repaid to the Commonwealth within 3 years after the date on which the person made the election; and
         (b) sub-section (1) does not prevent any part of the period of service of the person, and any occasion on which he ceased to be a member, before he became entitled to that amount from being taken into account for the purposes of determining his rights in respect of any further benefit under this Act.

     "(2d) Where a person