New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 33

33 Requirements where primary carer is not biological mother or her spouse or partner

If an employee, or his or her spouse or partner, intends to be the primary carer in respect of a child to whom the employee or the employee’s spouse or partner did not give birth, the notice required to be given under section 31(1) must—

a) include a statement by the employee that the employee (or his or her spouse or partner, as applicable) will be the primary carer in respect of the child; and

b) be given at least 14 days before the employee (or his or her spouse or partner, as applicable) intends to become the primary carer in respect of the child; and

c) be accompanied by any evidence that is prescribed in regulations.

History: Section 33: replaced, on 1 April 2016, by section 37 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).