Bill
Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2014
lapsed, as at 2016-05-09. Special Minister of State portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Special Minister of State
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2014-10-02
- second reading — 2014-10-02
- second reading — 2014-10-28
- second reading — 2014-10-28
- third reading — 2014-10-28
- introduced — 2014-10-29
- second reading — 2014-10-29
- other — 2016-04-17
- other — 2016-05-02
- other — 2016-05-09
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2014-10-02.
This bill would change how travel entitlements for current and former parliamentarians work.
It would add a 25% loading on certain travel claim adjustments, cut the age limit for children's travel from 25 to 18, and rename the Life Gold Pass scheme to the Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement.
From 14 May 2014, the bill would close the entitlement to people who had not met qualifying periods by that date, and from 1 January 2020, no one except former prime ministers could access the scheme.
- Imposes a 25% loading on adjustments to certain travel claims.
- Restricts the additional travel for children entitlement to children under 18 for senior officers.
- Renames the Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) Act 2002 to the Parliamentary Retirement Travel Act 2002.
- Reduces, removes, and reforms benefits under the Life Gold Pass scheme.
- Adds a statutory basis for recovering payments made outside entitlement to address constitutional risks.
Current and former parliamentarians, their spouses or de facto partners, and senior officers.
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