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of that injury, loss or damage under the 1912 Act, the 1930 Act or the 1971 Act.".

Notices, claims etc. under previous Acts

17.    Section 126 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (4) "subsection" and substituting "section".

18.    After section 128 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Commission's liability to be discharged by prescribed Commonwealth authorities in some cases

"128a. (1) In spite of anything in this Act, an amount that the Commission is liable to pay under this Act in respect of any injury, loss or damage suffered before 1 July 1989 (whether or not suffered

before the commencing day) by an employee of a prescribed Commonwealth authority must be paid by the authority and any such payment operates, to the extent of the payment, as a discharge of the Commission's liability.

"(2) An action or proceeding does not lie against the Commission for recovery of an amount mentioned in subsection (1), but such an action or proceeding may be brought against the prescribed Commonwealth authority concerned.

"(3) Nothing in this Act requires the Commission to prepare an estimate in relation to a prescribed Commonwealth authority for any period before the financial year starting on 1 July 1989.

  "(4) In this section:

'prescribed Commonwealth authority' means any of the following authorities, however subsequently named, constituted or established, or any person or body that becomes liable to discharge the liabilities of such an authority:
  (a) Aboriginal Hostels Limited;
  (b) A.C.T. Electricity and Water;
  (c) Army and Airforce Canteen Service;
  (d) Australian Airlines Limited;
  (e) Australian Dairy Corporation;
  (f) Australian Dried Fruits Corporation;
  (g) Australian Honey Board;
  (h) Australian Horticultural Corporation;
   (i) Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation;
   (j) Australian National Railways Commission;
  (k) Australian National University;
  (m) Australian Pork Corporation;
   (n) Australian Shipping Commission;
   (p) Australian Tobacco Board;
   (q) Australian Wheat Board;
   (r) Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation;
   (s) Australian Wool Corporation;
   (t) Central Land Council;
   (u) Civil Aviation Authority;
   (v) Commonwealth Banking Corporation;
  (w) Commonwealth Serum Laboratories Commission;
   (x) Coselco Insurance Pty Ltd;
   (y) Coselco Mimotopes Pty Ltd;
   (z) Federal Airports Corporation;
  (za) Horticultural Research and Development Corporation;
  (zb) Housing Loans Insurance Corporation;
  (zc) National Exhibition Centre Trust;
  (zd) Northern Land Council;
  (ze) Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation;
  (zf) Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority;
  (zg) Superannuation Fund Investment Trust;
  (zh) Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Australia);
  (zi) The Pipeline Authority;
  (zj) Reserve Bank of Australia;
  (zk) Telecom Australia (International) Limited.".

Application for review and other proceedings under previous Acts

  19. Section 129 of the Principal Act is amended:

  (a) by inserting after paragraph (1) (a) the following paragraph:

          "(aa) the determination were a determination by the Commission within the meaning of Part VI of this Act; and";