Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2009C00387:clause:5_32
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2009C00387
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 5 cl 32
Character Range: 37032–37846

32  Maternity leave starting before commencement time

(1) This item applies in relation to a person if:
 (a) immediately before the commencement time, the person was a female staff member of a statutory authority who was on leave granted under the Maternity Leave Act; and
 (b) the person becomes an employee of a prescribed industry body at the commencement time; and
 (c) the person would have been entitled to have remained on that leave after the commencement time if the person had continued to be a staff member of the statutory authority.

(2) After the commencement time, the Maternity Leave Act continues to apply to the person in relation to the confinement in respect of which the leave was granted as if the relevant prescribed industry body were a prescribed authority for the purposes of that Act.