MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (LIFE GOLD PASS) REGULATIONS 2002 2002 No. 313 - REG 4 Exceptional circumstances

Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

Exceptional circumstances — health reasons

(1): For subparagraphs 21 (c) (ii), 22 (d) (ii), 23 (d) (ii) and 24 (c) (ii) of the Act, each of the following is an exceptional circumstance:

(a): the eligible traveller has an injury or illness that prevents him or her from travelling within the 24 hour period;
(b): if the eligible traveller is a former member accompanied by his or her spouse — the spouse has an injury or illness that prevents him or her from travelling within the 24 hour period;
(c): if the eligible traveller is the spouse of a former member (including a former Prime Minister) and is accompanying the former member — the former member has an injury or illness that prevents him or her from travelling within the 24 hour period;
(d): if the eligible traveller is the spouse of a sitting member and is accompanying the sitting member — the sitting member has an injury or illness that prevents him or her from travelling within the 24 hour period.

(2): A medical certificate for the person with the injury or illness is evidence of the exceptional circumstance under this regulation if it states:

(a): that the person concerned has an injury or illness; and
(b): that the injury or illness would prevent the person concerned from travelling within the 24 hour period.

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