Section 71CA — Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987: Definition of eligible employee

71CA Definition of eligible employee (1) In this Part, eligible employee means— (a) a female employee who meets the criteria for maternity leave for the child under section 7 ; or (b) an employee who meets the criteria for parental leave for the adopted child under section 8 or section 18 or section 24 ; or (c) an employee to whom all or part of an entitlement to a parental leave payment is transferred under section 71E ; or (d) an employee who succeeds to all or part of an entitlement to a parental leave payment under section 72B . (2) Rights and benefits to non-statutory parental leave (and section 4 ) are ignored when considering whether a person is an eligible employee under this section. Sections 71CA to 71CD were inserted, as from 1 July 2006, by section 23 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.