Section 73 — Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987: Regulations

73 Regulations (1) The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes: (a) Prescribing forms for the purposes of this Act: (aa) prescribing the manner in which an application for, or other notices relating to, a parental leave payment must be made: (ab) prescribing the information that employees and employers must give in, or the documents that employees or employers must attach to, an application for, or other notice relating to, a parental leave payment: (aba) prescribing the information that self-employed persons must give in, or the documents that self-employed persons must attach to, an application for, or other notices relating to, a parental leave payment: (ac) prescribing the way in which adjustments must be made under section 71N and making the adjustments required under that section: (ad) increasing the amount under section 71O : (ada) setting the amount under section 71OA , including the amount that applies on 1 July 2006: (ae) extending the class or classes of person entitled to a parental leave payment under Part 7A : (b) Prescribing procedures and practices for the implementation of this Act: (c) Providing for such matters as are contemplated by or necessary for giving full effect to the provisions of this Act and for the due administration thereof. (2) No regulations may be made under this section about parental leave payments unless they are made in accordance with a recommendation of the Minister. (3) The Minister must not make that recommendation without first consulting with any persons or organisations that the Minister considers appropriate, having regard to the subject matter of the proposed regulations. (4) Regulations made under subsection (1)(ad) or (ae) ,— (a) if made on or before 30 June in any year, expire on the close of December of that year except in so far as they are expressly confirmed by Act of Parliament passed during that year; and (b) if made on or after 1 July in any year, expire on the close of 31 December in the following year except in so far as they are expressly confirmed by Act of Parliament passed before the end of that following year. (5) The expiry of regulations under subsection (4) does not affect the validity of any act done pursuant to, or in accordance with, the regulations before the date on which the regulations expire. (6) A failure to comply with subsection (3) does not affect the validity of any regulation made under this Act. Compare: 1980, No 162, s 48 Subsections (1)(aa) to (ae) were inserted, as from 31 March 2002, by section 5(1) Parental Leave And Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 7). See section 5(3) of that Act as to consultations undertaken before 31 March 2002. Subsection (1)(aba) was inserted, as from 17 May 2006, by section 45(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 (1)(ada) was inserted, as from 17 May 2006, by section 45(2) 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. Subsections (2) to (6) were inserted, as from 31 March 2002, by section 5(2) Parental Leave And Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 7). See section 5(3) of that Act as to consultations undertaken before 31 March 2002.