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Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987

Payment for parental leave - Preliminary provisions

71A: Purpose

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“This part explains how the government helps people who take time off work to care for a new child”

This part of the law is about helping people who become the main carer for a child. If you stop working or take time off to care for a child, you might be able to get some money from the government. You can get up to 26 weeks of payments to help you while you’re not working. If the baby is born very early (before 36 weeks of pregnancy), you might be able to get extra money to help with the special care the baby needs.

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Part 7A Payment for parental leave
Preliminary provisions

71APurpose

  1. The purpose of this Part is to entitle certain persons who become the primary carer in respect of a child, and who stop working or take a period of leave, to—

  2. up to 26 weeks of parental leave payments out of public money; and
    1. additional preterm baby payments out of public money if the child is born before the end of the 36th week of gestation.

      Notes
      • Section 71A: replaced, on , by section 48 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).
      • Section 71A(a): amended, on , by section 22 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 45).