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PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 71A

Purpose

71A Purpose

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—
a) up to 26 weeks of parental leave payments out of public money; and
b) additional preterm baby payments out of public money if the child is born before the end of the 36th week of gestation.
History: Section 71A: replaced, on 1 April 2016, by section 48 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).   Section 71A(a): amended, on 1 July 2020, by section 22 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 45).  



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