Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00582:section:18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00582
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 18
Character Range: 68959–70049

18  The child's birth has not been verified
 (1) The Secretary must not make a payability determination that parental leave pay is payable to a person for a child unless a PPL claimant has verified the child's birth.

Verifying a child's birth
 (2) A person verifies a child's birth if:
 (a) the person gives the Secretary a completed birth verification form for the child; and
 (b) if subsection (3) applies to the person, the person satisfies the requirement of that subsection.
 (3) If:
 (a) the person is the parent (other than an adoptive parent) of the child; and
 (b) the child is not stillborn; and
 (c) the person is, under a law of a State or a Territory, responsible (whether alone or jointly) for registering the birth of the child under the law;
then the person must give the Secretary information showing that:
 (d) the child's birth has been registered under the law; or
 (e) the person has applied to have the birth of the child registered under the law.
 (4) The Secretary may approve a form (a birth verification form) for the purposes of verifying the birth of a child.