Section 71A — Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987: Purpose

71A Purpose The purpose of this Part is to entitle certain employees and self-employed persons to up to 14 weeks of parental leave payments out of public money when they take parental leave. Part 7A (comprising sections 71A to 71ZA) was inserted, as from 1 July 2002, by section 4(2) Parental Leave And Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 7). Section 71A was amended, as from 1 December 2004, by section 18 Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 89) by substituting the expression “ 13 weeks ” for the expression “ 12 weeks ” . See section 4 of that Act for the application of this amendment. See section 23 of that Act for the transitional provision relating to the giving of notice. Section 71A was amended, as from 1 December 2005, by section 31 Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 89) by substituting the words “ 14 weeks ” for the words “ 13 weeks ” . See section 26 of that Act for the application of this amendment. Sections 71A and 71B were substituted, as from 1 July 2006, by section 21 Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave for Self-Employed Persons) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 20). See section 5 of that Act for the application of this amendment.