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Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987

Payment for parental leave - Administration

71Q: Payments must come out of public money

You could also call this:

“The government uses public money to pay for parental leave”

The law says that the government must use public money to pay for parental leave payments. This means that when you get parental leave payments, the money comes from a special bank account owned by the government. The government gets this money from taxes and other sources that Parliament (the group of people who make laws) has agreed can be used for this purpose. The law also says that any other costs related to giving out these payments must be paid for in the same way.

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Part 7A Payment for parental leave
Administration

71QPayments must come out of public money

  1. There must, from time to time, be paid out of a Crown Bank Account, from money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose, all money required to be expended in providing parental leave payments under, and making other payments in connection with, this Part.

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Notes
  • Section 71Q: inserted, on , by section 4(2) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 7).
  • Section 71Q: amended, on , pursuant to section 65R(3) of the Public Finance Act 1989 (1989 No 44).