Queensland Numbered Acts

MERIBA OMASKER KAZIW KAZIPA (TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER TRADITIONAL CHILD REARING PRACTICE) ACT 2020 - SECT 152

152 Amendment of s 14A (Exemption for parental, adoption or surrogacy leave)

(1) Section 14A , heading, ‘or surrogacy leave’—
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, surrogacy or cultural parent leave

(2) Section 14A (1) ‘or surrogacy leave’—
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, surrogacy leave or cultural parent leave

(3) Section 14A (2) —
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(d) the cultural parent leave is taken before or after a cultural recognition order is made transferring the parental rights and responsibility for a child to the employee.

(4) Section 14A (3) —
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(e) not more than 14 weeks’ cultural parent leave for any 1 cultural recognition order.

(5) Section 14A (5) —
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(e) for wages paid or payable for cultural parent leave—a statutory declaration by the employee stating a child has started residing with the employee under a cultural recognition order.

(6) Section 14A (7) —
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"cultural parent" see the Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Act 2020 , section 10 .

"cultural parent leave" , for a cultural parent, means leave given to an employee in connection with a cultural recognition order transferring the parental rights and responsibility for a child to the employee, other than annual leave, recreation leave, sick leave or similar leave.

"cultural recognition order" see the Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Act 2020 , schedule 1 .