Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2015
Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2015
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Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2015
Reprint as at 17 March 2017

Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2015
(LI 2015/109)
Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2015: revoked, on 17 March 2017, by clause 3(1) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations Revocation Order 2017 (LI 2017/12).
Rt Hon Dame Sian Elias, Administrator of the Government
Order in Council
At Wellington this 25th day of May 2015
Present:
Her Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Council
Note
Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.
Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.
Pursuant to section 73(1)(ac) and (ada) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987, Her Excellency the Administrator of the Government, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council and on the recommendation of the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety made after complying with section 73(3) of that Act, makes the following regulations.
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2015.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 1 July 2015.
3 Amount of parental leave payment adjusted
For the purposes of section 71M(1)(a) and (1A)(a) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987, the adjusted amount is set at $516.85.
4 Minimum amount of payment for self-employed persons
For the purposes of section 71M(1A)(b)(ii) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987, the minimum amount of parental leave payment for a self-employed person is $147.50.
5 Revocation and saving
(1)
The Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2014 (LI 2014/174) are revoked.
(2)
However, the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2014 continue to apply in relation to the period commencing on 1 July 2014 and ending on 30 June 2015 as if they had not been revoked.
Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on 1 July 2015, adjust the amount specified in section 71M(1)(a) and (1A)(a) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987 (the Act).
Under section 71M(1) of the Act, the rate of parental leave payment payable to an employee is the lesser of—
$504.10 per week (as from 1 July 2014); and
the greater of—
100% of the employee’s ordinary weekly pay before the commencement of the parental leave; and
100% of the employee’s average weekly earnings.
Under section 71M(1A) of the Act, the rate of parental leave payment payable to a self-employed person is the lesser of—
$504.10 per week (as from 1 July 2014); and
the greater of—
100% of the self-employed person’s average weekly earnings; and
the minimum amount set under section 71OA of the Act.
The amount of $504.10 per week must be adjusted by 1 July 2015 by any percentage movement upwards in average ordinary time weekly earnings. These regulations adjust the amount to $516.85. These regulations also set, for the purposes of section 71M(1A)(b)(ii) of the Act, the minimum amount of parental leave payment payable to a self-employed person. The amount is set at $147.50 per week. The amounts apply to parental leave payments payable on and after 1 July 2015.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of notification in Gazette: 28 May 2015.
Reprints notes
1 General
This is a reprint of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2015 that incorporates all the amendments to those regulations as at the date of the last amendment to them.
2 Legal status
Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.
3 Editorial and format changes
Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.
4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint
Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations Revocation Order 2017 (LI 2017/12)
"Related Legislation
"Related Legislation
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Versions
Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2015
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