Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00651:section:19a:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00651
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 19A (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 114694–115706

June 1978; or
 (b) ceased to hold the office of Prime Minister before 12 June 1978 after having held that office for a continuous period of not less than 2 years or for periods amounting in the aggregate to not less than 2 years and was entitled to a parliamentary allowance on that date;
may, within 3 months after 12 June 1978, by notice in writing signed by the person and delivered personally or sent by post to the Secretary of the Finance Department, elect that this section shall not apply to and in respect of him or her and, where such an election is made, a retiring allowance is not payable under this section to the person and an annuity is not payable under this section to a spouse 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 a Minister of State.