(1) A person who becomes a member after the S. 17(1) commencement of this Act may furnish to the amended by Nos 23/1994 Parliamentary Trustee a certificate of a person s. 118(Sch. 1 registered under the Health Practitioner item 40.1), 4/1996 Regulation National Law to practise in the s. 75(a), medical profession (other than as a student) who 97/2005 s. 182(Sch. 4 has been approved by the Parliamentary Trustee item 39), certifying that the member is not likely by reason 13/2010 s. 51(Sch. of ill health to be rendered incapable, before the item 40). expiration of a period of fifteen years from the date of the certificate, of performing the duties of a member. (2) Where a member who has furnished a certificate S. 17(2) amended by pursuant to subsection (1) or where a person who No. 4/1996 was a member at the commencement of this Act s. 75(a). satisfies the Parliamentary Trustee that he has ceased to be a member because he has been rendered incapable of being a member by reason of ill health he shall, subject to subsection (3), be entitled to a pension calculated under section 15 if he ceases to be a member before the expiration of a period of fifteen years and if he ceases to be a member before the expiration of a period of eight years he shall for the purpose of that calculation be deemed to have served for eight years. (3) A person who applies to the Parliamentary Trustee S. 17(3) amended by under this section shall provide the Parliamentary No. 4/1996 Trustee with such medical reports and other s. 75(a)(b). evidence as the Parliamentary Trustee may require. (4) Subsection (1) shall apply in relation to a person who has served as a member in a previous Parliament or Parliaments as if the reference to the period of fifteen years in that subsection was a reference to a period equal to the difference between fifteen years and the aggregate period
S. 17(1) amended by Nos 23/1994 s. 118(Sch. 1 item 40.1), 4/1996 s. 75(a), 97/2005 s. 182(Sch. 4 item 39), 13/2010 s. 51(Sch. item 40). (1) A person who becomes a member after the commencement of this Act may furnish to the Parliamentary Trustee a certificate of a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to practise in the medical profession (other than as a student) who has been approved by the Parliamentary Trustee certifying that the member is not likely by reason of ill health to be rendered incapable, before the expiration of a period of fifteen years from the date of the certificate, of performing the duties of a member. S. 17(2) amended by No. 4/1996 s. 75(a). (2) Where a member who has furnished a certificate pursuant to subsection (1) or where a person who was a member at the commencement of this Act satisfies the Parliamentary Trustee that he has ceased to be a member because he has been rendered incapable of being a member by reason of ill health he shall, subject to subsection (3), be entitled to a pension calculated under section 15 if he ceases to be a member before the expiration of a period of fifteen years and if he ceases to be a member before the expiration of a period of eight years he shall for the purpose of that calculation be deemed to have served for eight years. S. 17(3) amended by No. 4/1996 s. 75(a)(b). (3) A person who applies to the Parliamentary Trustee under this section shall provide the Parliamentary Trustee with such medical reports and other evidence as the Parliamentary Trustee may require. (4) Subsection (1) shall apply in relation to a person who has served as a member in a previous Parliament or Parliaments as if the reference to the period of fifteen years in that subsection was a reference to a period equal to the difference between fifteen years and the aggregate period
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