Section 71H — Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987: Joint adoptions

71H Joint adoptions (1) If 2 spouses or partners assume the care of a child with a view to adoption by them both jointly,— (a) the spouses or partners must jointly nominate which 1 of them is to be primarily entitled to the parental leave payment; and (b) only the nominated spouse or partner is the eligible employee for the purpose of section 71CA(1)(b) or the eligible self-employed person for the purpose of section 71CB(1)(b) (as the case may be). (2) However, subsection (1) does not limit section 71E (transfers of entitlement). 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). Subsection (1) was amended, as from 26 April 2005, by section 7 Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 18) by inserting the words “ or partners ” after the word “ spouses ” in both places where it appears. Subsection (1)(b) was amended, as from 26 April 2005, by section 8 Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 18) by inserting the words “ or partner ” after the word “ spouse ” . Subsection (1)(b) was amended, as from 1 July 2006, by section 29 Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave for Self-Employed Persons) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 20) by substituting the words “ 71CA(1)(b) or the eligible self-employed person for the purpose of section 71CB(1)(b) (as the case may be) ” for the expression “ 71D(2)(b) ” . See section 5 of that Act for the application of this amendment.