Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00582:section:34
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00582
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 34
Character Range: 98299–99955

34  When a person performs qualifying work
 (1) A person performs qualifying work on a day if at least one of the following applies on the day:
 (a) the person performs at least one hour of paid work;
 (b) the person takes a period of paid leave of at least one hour;
 (ca) the day is a flexible PPL day for a previous child of the person and parental leave pay was payable to the person on that day;
 (e) the day is in a jobkeeper payment period for the person;
 (f) the day is in a COVID‑19 Australian Government payment period for the person.
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the PPL rules may prescribe what is, or is not, taken to be paid leave.
 (3) A jobkeeper payment period for a person is a period for which:
 (a) an employer of the person is entitled to one or more jobkeeper payments for the person; or
 (b) the person themselves is entitled to one or more jobkeeper payments.
 (4) A jobkeeper payment is a payment that:
 (a) is payable by the Commonwealth in accordance with rules made under the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Act 2020; and
 (b) is known as jobkeeper payment.
 (5) A COVID‑19 Australian Government payment period for a person is a period for which the person is entitled to a COVID‑19 Australian Government payment.
 (6) A COVID‑19 Australian Government payment is:
 (a) a payment or grant of financial assistance covered by item 492 of the table in Part 4 of Schedule 1AB to the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997; or
 (b) a payment or grant of financial assistance by the Commonwealth that is prescribed by the PPL rules for the purposes of this paragraph.