New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 71L

71L End of parental leave payment

1 A parental leave payment is payable to a person in respect of a child for a period that ends on the earlier of—

a) 26 weeks after the date on which parental leave payments began in accordance with section 71K ; or

b) the date on which the person returns to work as an employee or a self-employed person; or

c) the date on which the person ceases to be the primary carer in respect of the child.

2 Subsection (1)(c) does not apply, and parental leave payments continue to be payable until the earlier of the dates specified in subsection (1)(a) and (b), if the person receiving the parental leave payments is the biological mother of the child to whom the payments relate and—

a) she has a miscarriage or ceases to be the primary carer in respect of the child; or

b) the child dies.

3 This section is subject to section 71EA (effect of transfer of entitlement to spouse or partner) and section 71DA(5)(c) (entitlement to preterm baby payment).

History: Section 71L: replaced, on 1 April 2016, by section 67 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).   Section 71L(1)(a): amended, on 1 July 2020, by section 25 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 45).     Section 71L(2): amended, on 1 June 2017, by section 11 of the Regulatory Systems (Workplace Relations) Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 13).