PAID PARENTAL LEAVE ACT 2010 - SECT 117 General power to obtain information

PAID PARENTAL LEAVE ACT 2010 - SECT 117

  (1)   The Secretary may require a person to give information, or produce a document, to a specified agency if the Secretary considers that the information or document may be relevant to one or more of the following:

  (a)   determining whether a person has made an effective claim for parental leave pay, and, if so, whether the person is or was eligible for parental leave pay, or is or was initially eligible for parental leave pay;

  (b)   determining whether parental leave pay is or was payable to a person;

  (c)   determining who should pay instalments of parental leave pay to a person;

  (d)   ensuring the Secretary can pay instalments of parental leave pay into the bank account of a person to whom instalments of parental leave pay are payable;

  (e)   determining whether to make an employer determination, or whether an employer determination should have been made;

  (f)   determining whether PPL funding amounts are or were payable to a person;

  (g)   ensuring that an employer complies or has complied with its obligations under this Act.

Note:   The agency specified must be a PPL agency (see subsection   120(4)).

  (3)   The Secretary may require a person to give information, or produce a document, to a specified agency if the Secretary considers that the information or document may be relevant to an inquiry or investigation into a matter mentioned in subsection   (1).