New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 71CB

71CB Definition of eligible self-employed person

1 In this Part,
"eligible self-employed person" means a self-employed person who—

a) is the primary carer in respect of a child; and

b) meets the parental leave payment threshold test.

2 For the purposes of subsection (1) and section 71E(2) , a person is treated as being self-employed for an hour, despite not working as a self-employed person for that hour, if the person is—

a) entitled to a payment of weekly compensation under the Accident Compensation Act 2001 ; or

b) on parental leave before the expected date of delivery of the child; or

c) unable to work because of any other circumstances that are considered by a Labour Inspector not to disrupt the normal pattern of the person's self-employment.

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History: Section 71CB: inserted, on 1 July 2006, by section 23 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave for Self-Employed Persons) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 20).   Section 71CB(1): replaced, on 1 April 2016, by section 54(1) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).     Section 71CB(2): amended, on 1 April 2016, by section 54(2) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).     Section 71CB(2)(a): amended on 3 March 2010, pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Accident Compensation Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 1).     Section 71CB(3): repealed, on 1 April 2016, by section 54(3) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).