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No 49 House of Representatives Supplementary Order Paper Wednesday, 25 February 2015 Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill Proposed amendments Sue Moroney, in Committee, to move the following amendments: Clause 2 Replace clause 2 (page 1, lines 5 to 7) with: 2 (1) (2) (3) Commencement Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), this Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
Sections 5(1), 6(1), and 7(1) come into force on 1 July 2015.

Sections 5(2), 6(2), and 7(2) come into force on 1 July 2017.
New clauses 4 to 8 After clause 3 (page 1, after line 10), insert: 4 Purpose The purpose of this Act is to extend the duration of maternity leave, paternity leave, extended leave, and the parental leave payment to a maximum of 26 weeks in respect of a person who gives birth— (a) to 2 or more children as a result of 1 pregnancy and assumes or intends to assume the care of those children; or to 1 or more surviving children before 37 weeks of ges- tation; or to a child whose impairment would entitle the person to a government-funded disability support service.
(b) (c) 1 Proposed amendments to Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill Section 71J amended (Duration of parental leave payment) In section 71J(b), replace “16 weeks.” with “16 weeks; or” and after paragraph (b), insert: “(c) for 22 weeks in respect of a person who gives birth— to 2 or more children as a result of 1 pregnancy “(i) and assumes or intends to assume the care of those children; or to 1 or more children before 37 weeks of gesta- tion, where the child or children survive birth for the duration of the parental leave payment; or “(ii) “(iii) to a child whose impairment would entitle the person to a government-funded disability sup- port service.” Replace section 71J(c) with: “(c) for 26 weeks in respect of a person who gives birth— to 2 or more children as a result of 1 pregnancy “(i) and assumes or intends to assume the care of those children; or to 1 or more children before 37 weeks of gesta- tion, where the child or children survive birth for the duration of the parental leave payment; or “(ii) “(iii) to a child whose impairment would entitle the person to a government-funded disability sup- port service.” Consequential amendments In the following provisions, 16 weeks means 16 weeks, or in respect of a person who gives birth to 2 or more children as a result of 1 pregnancy and assumes or intends to assume the care of those children, or to 1 or more children before 37 weeks of gestation where the child or children survive birth for the duration of the parental leave payment, or to a child whose impairment would entitle the person to a government-funded disability support service, 22 weeks: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) section 1A(c): section 9(1) and (3): section 19A(3): section 19B(2)(a): section 26(2): section 27(2)(c): section 32(d)(i): section 45(4)(a) and (c)(i): section 71A: section 71L(1)(a): SOP No 49 5 (1) (2) 6 (1) 2 Proposed amendments to Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill SOP No 49 section
 71LA(1)(a).
(k) In the following provisions, 16 weeks means 16 weeks, or in respect of a person who gives birth to 2 or more children as a result of 1 pregnancy and assumes or intends to assume the care of those children, or to 1 or more children before 37 weeks of gestation where the child or children survive birth for the duration of the parental leave payment, or to a child whose impairment would entitle the person to a government-funded disability support service, 26 weeks: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) In Schedule 1AA, replace Part 2 with: section 1A(c): section 9(1) and (3): section 19A(3): section 19B(2)(a): section 26(2): section 27(2)(c): section 32(d)(i): section 45(4)(a) and (c)(i): section 71A: section 71L(1)(a): section 71LA(1)(a).
(2) (3) “Part 2 “Transitional provision relating to amendments to this Act made by sections 5(1), 6(1), and 7(1) of Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Act 2014 Application of sections 5(1), 6(1), and 7(1) of Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Act 2014 “2 “(1) The amendments made by sections 5(1), 6(1), and 7(1) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Act 2014 apply to an employee or self-employed person who takes parental leave in respect of a child if— “(a) the expected date of delivery of the child is on or after 1 July 2015; or the child is born on or after 1 July 2015; or in the case of adoption, the date on which the employee or self-employed person, or his or her spouse or partner, with a view to adoption, assumes the care of the child is on or after 1 July 2015.
“(b) “(c) “(2) An employee or self-employed person to whom the amend- ments referred to in subclause (1) apply may, before 1 July 2015,— 3 SOP No 49 Proposed amendments to Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill “(a) “(b) give notice of a wish to take parental leave, in which case the employee may begin his or her parental leave before 1 July 2015 as if those amendments were already in force; and apply for a parental leave payment under Part 7A as if those amendments were already in force.
“Part 3 “Transitional provision relating to amendments to this Act made by sections 5(2), 6(2), and 7(2) of Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Act 2014 Application of sections 5(2), 6(2), and 7(2) of Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Act 2014 “3 “(1) The amendments made by sections 5(2), 6(2), and 7(2) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Act 2014 apply to an employee or self-employed person who takes parental leave in respect of a child if— “(a) the expected date of delivery of the child is on or after 1 July 2017; or the child is born on or after 1 July 2017; or in the case of adoption, the date on which the employee or self-employed person, or his or her spouse or partner, with a view to adoption, assumes the care of the child is on or after 1 July 2017.
“(b) “(c) “(2) An employee or self-employed person to whom the amend- ments referred to in subclause (1) apply may, before 1 July 2017,— “(a) give notice of a wish to take parental leave, in which case the employee may begin his or her parental leave before 1 July 2017 as if those amendments were already in force; and apply for a parental leave payment under Part 7A as if those amendments were already in force.” “(b) 7 (1) Regulations amended In the following provisions of the Parental Leave and Employ- ment Protection Regulations 2002, 16 weeks means 16 weeks, or in respect of a person who gives birth to 2 or more children as a result of 1 pregnancy and assumes or intends to assume the care of those children, or to 1 or more children before 37 weeks of gestation where the child or children survive birth for the duration of the parental leave payment, or to a child whose 4 Proposed amendments to Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill SOP No 49 (2) regulation 8(1)(d)(iii) and (1A)(b): regulation 9(2)(b): regulation 11(3)(b): regulation 12(2)(b): Schedule, form 1. impairment would entitle the person to a government-funded disability support service, 22 weeks: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) In the following provisions of the Parental Leave and Employ- ment Protection Regulations 2002, 16 weeks means 16 weeks, or in respect of a person who gives birth to 2 or more children as a result of 1 pregnancy and assumes or intends to assume the care of those children, or to 1 or more children before 37 weeks of gestation where the child or children survive birth for the duration of the parental leave payment, or to a child whose impairment would entitle the person to a government-funded disability support service, 26 weeks: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) regulation 8(1)(d)(iii) and (1A)(b): regulation 9(2)(b): regulation 11(3)(b): regulation 12(2)(b): Schedule, form 1.
8 (1) (2) Consequential amendments to Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2014 This section amends the Parental Leave and Employment Pro- tection Amendment Act 2014.

Repeal sections 19 to 31.

Explanatory note This Supplementary Order Paper amends the commencement clause, specifies an increase in the duration of parental leave payments and related leave entitle- ments in specified circumstances, and makes consequential amendments to the principal Act.
Clause 2 is amended to change the date of commencement from 1 April to 1 July in the relevant years, so that there is alignment with the annual adjustment to the maximum rate of paid parental leave.

This is adjusted on 1 July each year in line with any increase in average weekly earnings.

New clause 4 clarifies that the Bill aligns maternity, paternity, and extended leave with the increased paid parental leave.
New clause 5 provides that parents who have 2 or more children as a result of 1 pregnancy, or whose pregnancy results in a live birth before 37 weeks of gestation, or who have a child whose impairment would entitle the parents to a government-funded disability support service, be entitled to 22 weeks paid parental leave from 1 July 2015, and then from 1 July 2017, 26 weeks paid parental leave.
New clauses 6 and 7 deal with consequential amend- 5 SOP No 49 Proposed amendments to Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill ments by replacing the terms 16 weeks and 22 weeks in other sections of the principal Act and in the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Regulations 2002.
Clause 6 also replaces Part 2 of Schedule 1AA inserted by the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2014 with new Parts 2 and 3 that contain transitional provisions aligning with the amendments proposed by the Bill.

New clause 8 repeals sections 19 to 31 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2014 because those sections are super- seded by the new paid parental leave provisions established by the Bill.
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