Section 71W — Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987: Obligation to supply information

71W Obligation to supply information (1) The department may, by written notice, request an employee who has applied for a parental leave payment, and any employer of that employee, to supply to the department any information in the employee's or the employer's (as the case may be) possession relating to the employee's entitlement or continued entitlement to payment under this Part. (1A) The department may, by written notice, request a self-employed person who has applied for a parental leave payment to supply to the department any information in the self-employed person's possession relating to that person's entitlement or continued entitlement to payment under this Part. (2) The employee, employer, or self-employed person must comply with a request under this section within a reasonable period to be set by the department. 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 (1A) was inserted, as from 1 July 2006, by section 41(1) 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. Subsection (2) was amended, as from 1 July 2006, by section 41(2) Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave for Self-Employed Persons) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 20) by substituting the words “ , employer, or self-employed person ” for the words “ or the employer ” . See section 5 of that Act for the application of this amendment.