Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SNOWY HYDRO CORPORATISATION ACT 1997 - SECT 38

             (1)  This section applies if:

                     (a)  a woman who was an employee of the Snowy Mountains Hydro‑electric Authority immediately before the corporatisation date becomes an employee of the Snowy Hydro Company under section 23; and

                     (b)  within 12 months after the corporatisation date, the woman would have been entitled to begin leave granted under the Maternity Leave Act if the Authority had continued to exist and the woman had continued to be an employee of the Authority.

             (2)  On and after the corporatisation date, the Maternity Leave Act continues to apply to the woman in relation to the confinement in respect of which she would have been entitled to leave as if each Snowy hydro‑group company were a prescribed Authority for the purposes of that Act.