Section 71EA — Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987: Effect of transfer of entitlement to spouse or partner

71EA Effect of transfer of entitlement to spouse or partner To the extent that an employee or a self-employed person transfers all or part of his or her entitlement to a parental leave payment to his or her spouse or partner under section 71E ,— (a) references in this Part to the employee's or self-employed person's entitlement to a parental leave payment are references to the spouse's or partner's entitlement to a parental leave payment; and (b) references in this Part to the period of parental leave are references to the period of parental leave taken by the spouse or partner; and (c) the amount of the parental leave payment is calculated according to the earnings of the spouse or partner; and (d) the entitlement that is transferred is deducted from the transferring employee's or self-employed person's entitlement to a parental leave payment. Section 71EA was inserted, as from 1 July 2006, by section 26 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.