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Keyword index

Keyword: eligibility - parental leave pay (PLP)

1.1.C.143 Conditional eligibility determination
1.1.E.30 Eligibility
1.1.H.10 Has not previously satisfied the work & income tests
1.1.I.70 Initial eligibility determination
2.1.1 Eligibility differences between PLP & DAPP
2.2.1.10 PLP core eligibility requirements
2.2.1.20 PPL period
2.2.1.30 Flexible PPL
2.2.10.10 Primary claimant for PLP - birth mother
2.2.10.20 Primary claimant for PLP - adoptive parent with initial primary care of adopted child
2.2.10.30 Primary claimant for PLP - partner either of birth mother or initial primary carer adoptive parent
2.2.10.40 Primary claimant for PLP - child's other legal parent or their partner
2.2.10.50 Primary claimant for PLP in exceptional circumstances - any other person
2.2.11 Who is a secondary claimant for PLP?
2.2.11.10 Secondary claimant for PLP in normal circumstances - partner of primary claimant birth mother or primary claimant adoptive parent or child's other legal parent or their partner
2.2.11.20 Secondary claimant for PLP in exceptional circumstances - any other person
2.2.2 PPL scheme work test for PLP
2.2.3 PPL scheme income test for PLP
2.2.4 PPL scheme Australian residency test & absences from Australia for PLP
2.2.5 Who is a primary carer for PLP?
2.2.6 Birth mother is primary carer for PLP purposes
2.2.7 Primary carer is person other than birth mother for PLP purposes
2.2.8 Person no longer primary carer - PLP remains payable
2.2.9 Person no longer primary carer - PLP not payable
2.2.12.10 Tertiary claimant for PLP in exceptional circumstances
2.2.13 Return to work & when paid work is for a permissible purpose for PLP
2.2.14 Not eligible for PLP - claimant deceased
2.3.1 DAPP eligibility overview
6.2.1 Initial eligibility determinations for PLP
6.2.2.50 Payability determination where secondary claim for PLP in relation to the maximum PPL period for the child made after primary claim