Paid Parental Leave Act - Australia

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nominee means a person who is appointed as a payment nominee under section 280.

      payroll cut-off for an instalment that is payable to a person means the last day on which the person’s employer can reasonably make changes to the instalment to be paid to, or in relation to, the person on the person’s payday for the instalment.

      penalty interest rate: see section 180.

      penalty unit has the same meaning as in section 4AA of the Crimes Act 1914.

      permissible break: see subsection 36(1).

      permissible purpose: see section 49.

      PPL is short for paid parental leave.

      PPL agency means:

      (a) the Department; or

      (b) the Human Services Department.

      PPL agency representative means:

      (a) for the Department — the Secretary; or

      (b) for the Human Services Department — the Chief Executive Centrelink or the Chief Executive Medicare.

      PPL day: see subsection 63(3).

      PPL funding amount: see subsection 75(1).

      PPL income limit: see section 41.

      PPL period: see subsection 11(1).

      PPL requirement: see subsection 287(6).

      PPL rules (short for Paid Parental Leave Rules) means the rules made by the Minister under section 298.

      primary carer: see section 47.

      primary claim: see subsection 53(2).

      primary claimant means a person who has made an effective primary claim for parental leave pay for a child.

      principal in relation to a nominee, means the person in relation to whom the nominee was appointed.

      Principal Member means the Principal Member of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal.

      protected information means:

      (aa) information about a person that is or was held in the records of the Department or the Human Services Department; or

      (a) information about a person that was held in the records of the Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency (within the meaning of the Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency Act 1997 as in force before 1 July 2011); or

      (b) information about a person obtained by an officer under this Act that was held in the records of Medicare Australia (within the meaning of the Medicare Australia Act 1973 as in force before 1 July 2011); or

      (c) information to the effect that there is no information about a person held in the records of a PPL agency.

      provisional indexed amount: see section 42.

      qualifying period: see section 32.

      qualifying work: see section 34.

      reference income year: see section 39.

      reference period: see subsection 47(2).

      relevant PPL income limit: see section 40.

      resides in Australia has the same meaning as in the Social Security Act.

      returns to work: see section 48.

      saved amount: see subsection 97(2).

      secondary claim: see subsection 53(3).

      secondary claimant means a person who has made an effective secondary claim for parental leave pay for a child for which another person has made a primary claim.

      Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.

      Social Security Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

      social security law has the same meaning as in the Social Security Act.

      special category visa has the same meaning as in the Migration Act 1958.

      SSAT means the Social Security Appeals Tribunal.

      SSAT reviewableclaimant decision: see section 215.

      SSAT reviewableemployer decision: see section 223.

      stillborn, in relation to a child, means a child:

      (a) who weighs at least 400 grams at delivery or whose period of gestation was at least 20 weeks; and

      (b) who has not breathed since delivery; and

      (c) whose heart has not beaten since delivery.

      subject to review: an employer determination is subject to review until:

      (a) any applicable time limits for applying for a review (however described) or lodging an appeal (however described) of or in relation to the determination have expired; and

      (b) if there is such a review or appeal of or in relation to the determination — the review or appeal (and any later reviews or appeals) have been finally disposed of.

      tax file number has the same meaning as in section 202A of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.

      tax file number statement: see subsection 59(1).

      tertiary claim: see subsection 53(4).

      tertiary claimant means a person who has made an effective tertiary claim for parental leave pay for a child for which another person has made a secondary claim.

      this Act includes the PPL rules and the regulations.

      transfer day: see subsections 84(3), (4) and (5).

      verifiesa child’s birth: see section 18.

      week day means a day that is not a Saturday or a Sunday.

      working day means a day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday.

      work test: see section 32.

      work test period: see section 33.

      Chapter 2—When parental leave pay is payable to a person

      Part 2–1—Key provisions

      Division 1—Guide to this Part

      7 Guide to this Part

      This Part has the key provisions for this Chapter (which deals with when parental leave pay is payable to a person).

      A person can only be paid parental leave pay if the Secretary makes a determination that parental leave pay is payable to the person. Part 2–2 has the rules about when the Secretary can make that determination.

      The Secretary cannot make that determination if the person has not made a claim for parental leave pay. Part 2–4 has the rules about claims. There are 3 types of claims: a primary claim, a secondary claim and (in rare

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