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Paid Parental Leave Rules 2021
made under the

Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

Compilation No. 5

Compilation date: 1 July 2024

                Includes amendments: F2024L00674

Registered: 12 July 2024

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Paid Parental Leave Rules 2021 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 1 July 2024 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the Register for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

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Editorial changes

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Modifications

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Self‑repealing provisions

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Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
3 Authority
5 Simplified outline of this instrument
6 Definitions
7 Meaning of incapable of caring for a child
Part 1A—Determinations about whether parental leave pay is payable to a person
7A Simplified outline of this Part
7B Limit on number of flexible PPL days for which parental leave pay is payable to more than one person
Part 2—Eligibility for parental leave pay
Division 1—Simplified outline of this Part
8 Simplified outline of this Part
Division 2—Matters relating to when a person is eligible for parental leave pay
Subdivision A—Prescribed conditions for claimants
9 Prescribed conditions for persons other than special PPL claimants in exceptional circumstances
10 Prescribed conditions for special PPL claimants in exceptional circumstances
Subdivision B—Criteria relating to prescribed conditions
13 Birth mother relinquishing child
14 Child in hospital following birth
16 Temporary inability to care
17 Loss of care for child
18 Recall to duty
19 Summons or other compulsory process
20 State,