Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00597:reg:8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00597
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8
Character Range: 14858–16236

8  Simplified outline of this Part

      Under the Act, there are a number of criteria that determine whether a person is eligible for parental leave pay for a child on a day. This Part provides for matters relating to:
             (a) when a person is eligible for parental leave pay; and
             (b) the work test.
      Subdivisions A and B of Division 2 prescribe conditions that certain claimants must satisfy to be eligible for parental leave pay on a flexible PPL day for a child.
      Subdivision C of Division 2 prescribes conditions related to ineligibility for parental leave pay on a flexible PPL day for a child.
      Division 3 prescribes matters relating to the work test including:
             (a) when unpaid leave is taken to be paid leave;
             (b) when activities undertaken by a person are taken not to be paid work.
      Division 3 also prescribes a method relating to how to calculate the number of hours a person is taken to have worked if the person performs qualifying work on a day that is in a jobkeeper payment period or COVID‑19 Australian Government payment period.
      Further, Division 3 also prescribes special circumstances for the purposes of a person satisfying the work test on a day.

Division 2—Matters relating to when a person is eligible for parental leave pay

Subdivision A—Prescribed conditions for claimants