5Simplified outline of this instrument

5 Simplified outline of this instrument

This instrument provides for matters for the purposes of the Act that relate to the payment of parental leave pay.

Part 1A provides for matters relating to determinations about whether parental leave pay is payable to a person.

Part 2 provides for matters relating to eligibility for parental leave pay including when a person is eligible for parental leave pay and the work test.

Part 3 provides for matters relating to claims for parental leave pay including exceptional circumstances in which a claim can be made and determining that a claim is taken to have specified one or more other flexible PPL days for a child.

Part 4 provides for matters relating to the payment of instalments for parental leave pay to a person by the person’s employer and by the Secretary.

Part 5 provides for matters relating to the payment of PPL superannuation contributions.

Part 9 provides for matters relating to the disclosure of information and prescribes guidelines for the exercise of the Secretary’s power to give a certificate in relation to a disclosure that is necessary in the public interest.

Part 10 provides for matters relating to debts in relation to the paid parental leave scheme and for the recovery of debts owing to the Commonwealth.

Part 11 provides for the Secretary to make employer determinations under the Act in relation to persons who are in a relationship that is similar to the relationship between an employer and an employee.

Part 12 provides for application, saving and transitional provisions that apply in relation to this instrument and any subsequent amendments made to this instrument.