New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 71AB

71AB Application to members of Armed Forces

1 Except as provided in subsection (3), this Part applies to a member of the Armed Forces, in New Zealand or otherwise, as if the member were an employee in the employment of the Chief of Defence Force.

2 In this Part,—

a) references to an employee must be read as including a member of the Armed Forces; and

b) references to an employer must be read as including, for the purposes of members of the Armed Forces, the Chief of Defence Force; and

c) references to an employment agreement must be read as including, for the purposes of members of the Armed Forces, conditions of service set by the Chief of Defence Force in accordance with the Defence Act 1990 .

3 Despite subsection (1), sections 71P and 71T do not apply to a member of the Armed Forces.

History: Section 71AB: inserted, on 1 April 2016, by section 49 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).