Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023

Parent’s benefit – amendment of duration of benefit

7. (1) Section 61G(10) (amended by section 8 of the Social Welfare Act 2021 ) of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in paragraph (b)(i), by the substitution of “9 consecutive weeks” for “seven consecutive weeks”,

(b) in paragraph (b)(ii), by the substitution of “9 consecutive weeks” for “seven consecutive weeks”, and

(c) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “9 weeks” for “7 weeks”.

(2) This section comes into operation on 1 August 2024.