Commentary on Sections Part 2: Shared Rights to Leave and Pay Section 167ZZ: Entitlement: general
Section 167ZZ makes further provision about a person’s entitlement to statutory shared parental pay (whether in relation to birth or adoption).
Subsection (1)(a) empowers the Department to provide that the entitlement conditions for statutory shared parental pay do not have effect, or have effect subject to prescribed modifications in such cases as may be prescribed. Subsection (1)(b) deals with requirements about evidence of entitlement and subsection (2) specifies persons on whom those requirements may be imposed. Subsection (1)(c) to (f) provides power for the Department to make provision relating to continuous employment and the calculation of earnings.