Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00651:section:20a:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00651
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 20A (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 123258–125741

20A  Members who were in the Parliament on 1 July 1994—recognition of prior service in a State or Territory Parliament
 (1AA) For the purposes of this section, a person is an eligible member if:
 (a) he or she was a member as at the commencement of this subsection; and
 (b) at any time before that commencement, the person was a member of:
 (i) the Parliament of a State; or
 (ii) the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory; or
 (iii) the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory of Australia.
 (1AB) Subject to subsection (1AC), this section does not apply in relation to a member unless the member is an eligible member.
 (1AC) An eligible member may elect, in writing, that this section does not apply in relation to him or her. The election has effect accordingly.
 (1AD) An election under subsection (1AC) must be given to the Trust before whichever is the earlier of the following times:
 (a) the end of the period of 12 months after the commencement of this subsection;
 (b) immediately before the day on which a general election is first held after the commencement of this subsection.
 (1) Subject to subsection (1B), the period of service of a member shall be deemed to include any period, whether before or after the commencement of this section, that ended before the day on which he or she became a member (or, if he or she has become a member on more than one occasion, the day on which he or she last became a member) and during which he or she was a member of the Parliament of a State if:
 (a) he or she is entitled to a pension (including a pension that is not immediately payable) arising out of his or her former membership of that Parliament; or
 (b) he or she received a payment by way of a lump sum by reason of the cessation of his or her membership of that Parliament upon the expiration of that period and, within 3 months, or, if the Trust so allowed, 6 months, after the day on which he or she became a member (or, if he or she has become a member on more than one occasion, the day on which he or she last became a member) or 8 June 1973, whichever was the later, he or she contracted with the Trust, in the manner required by the Trust, to pay that lump sum to the Commonwealth within 3 years.
 (1A) References in subsection (1) to the Parliament of a State shall be construed as including references to the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory and the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory.
 (1B)