Operational Blueprint Document (lex 83130): Eligibility For Paid Parental Leave (ppl) For Children Born Or Entering Care On Or After 1 July 2023 007-23020217 (effective From 9 December 2024). 1…

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This operational blueprint from Services Australia outlines eligibility criteria for Paid Parental Leave (PPL) for children born or entering care on or after 1 July 2023, effective from 9 December 2024. The document specifies that claimants must have care of the child, meet work and income tests, notify child birth registration (with exceptions for adoption, stillbirth, and surrogacy), satisfy Australian residence requirements, and not be working on PPL days unless exceptions apply. Multiple family members can claim PPL—including birth mothers, adoptive parents, other parents, and their partners—though approval from the birth mother is required for secondary claimants. The scheme excludes formal foster and kinship care arrangements but permits payment in adoption-related placements and exceptional informal foster care circumstances. PPL is payable following stillbirth or child death, and birth mothers relinquishing children through surrogacy or adoption receive maximum ent