New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 71W

71W Obligation to supply information

1 The department may, by written notice, request an employee who has applied for a parental leave payment, and any employer of that employee, to supply to the department any information in the employee's or the employer's (as the case may be) possession relating to the employee's entitlement or continued entitlement to payment under this Part.

1A The department may, by written notice, request a self-employed person who has applied for a parental leave payment to supply to the department any information in the self-employed person's possession relating to that person's entitlement or continued entitlement to payment under this Part.

2 The employee, employer, or self-employed person must comply with a request under this section within a reasonable period to be set by the department.

History: Section 71W: inserted, on 1 July 2002, by section 4(2) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 7).   Section 71W(1A): inserted, on 1 July 2006, by section 41(1) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave for Self-Employed Persons) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 20).     Section 71W(2): amended, on 1 July 2006, by section 41(2) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave for Self-Employed Persons) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 20).