Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PAID PARENTAL LEAVE ACT 2010 - SECT 276

    This Act (other than subsection   18(3), which deals with birth registration) applies in relation to a claim that is made in exceptional circumstances as if:

  (a)   a reference to the birth of a child were a reference to the claimant becoming the child's primary carer; and

  (b)   a reference to the day the child was born were a reference to the day the claimant became the child's primary carer; and

  (c)   a reference to the expected date of birth of the child were a reference to the day the claimant expects to become the child's primary carer; and

  (d)   a reference to a child's first birthday were a reference to the first anniversary of the day the claimant became the child's primary carer; and

  (da)   a reference to a child's second birthday were a reference to the second anniversary of the day the claimant became the child's primary carer; and

  (e)   a reference to a completed birth verification form for a child were a reference to information required by the Secretary about the claimant becoming the child's primary carer; and

  (f)   a reference to a child being born during the same multiple birth were a reference to the claimant becoming the primary carer of the child at the same time as becoming the primary carer of another child.