Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00549:section:9d
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00549
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 9D
Character Range: 87213–88701

9D  Payments on the death of an employee
 (1) This section applies in relation to a person who is an employee of Telstra immediately before the LSL changeover day if, at that time, the employee's period of service for the purposes of the Long Service Leave Act is less than 10 years.
 (2) If, on or after the LSL changeover day, the employee dies and, immediately before his or her death:
 (a) the employee was an employee of a Telstra body; and
 (b) the employee's combined service period was at least one year; and
 (c) the employee had one or more dependants;
the Telstra body must make a payment to a dependant, or to 2 or more dependants, of the employee.
 (3) The total amount of the payment or payments is the amount that would have been payable to the employee under section 9C if, on the day of his or her death, the employee had ceased to be an employee of the Telstra body on or after reaching the minimum retiring age.
 (4) If subsection (2) applies, section 23 of the Long Service Leave Act has effect as if:
 (a) that section applied to an employee of a Telstra body; and
 (b) a reference in that section to the approving authority were a reference to the Telstra body; and
 (c) for the expression "this Act" in that section there were substituted the expression "section 9D of the Telstra Corporation Act 1991"; and
 (d) for the expression "subsection 16(7) or 17(5)" in that section there were substituted the expression "section 9D of the Telstra Corporation Act 1991".