Section 71I — Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987: Applications for payment

71I Applications for payment (1) An employee or self-employed person is not entitled to a parental leave payment unless the employee or self-employed person makes an application for payment in accordance with this section. (2) The application must— (a) be made before the date on which the employee or self-employed person returns to work or the parental leave otherwise ends; and (b) be made in the manner prescribed in regulations; and (c) specify the matters, and be accompanied by the documents, prescribed in regulations; and (d) state whether or not the employee or self-employed person wishes to transfer all or part of the entitlement under section 71E . (3) An employer must comply with any provision in the regulations that requires the employer to specify matters in, or attach documents to, or sign, an application under this section. (4) This section is subject to section 71IA . 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 1 July 2006, by section 30(1) Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave for Self-Employed Persons) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 20) by inserting the words “ or self-employed person ” after the word “ employee ” in both places where it appears. See section 5 of that Act for the application of this amendment. Subsection (2)(a) and (d) was amended, as from 1 July 2006, by section 30(2) Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave for Self-Employed Persons) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 20) by inserting the words “ or self-employed person ” after the word “ employee ” . See section 5 of that Act for the application of this amendment. Subsection (4) was inserted, as from 1 July 2006, by section 30(3) 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.