TELSTRA CORPORATION ACT 1991 - SECT 34 Environment protection laws
TELSTRA CORPORATION ACT 1991 - SECT 34
Environment protection laws(1) Telstra is not subject, under a law of a State or Territory relating to the protection of the environment, to any requirement, obligation, liability, penalty or disability in respect of any act or omission by a former telecommunications corporation or by a person who was a director or employee of such a corporation.
(2) A person who was at any time a director or employee of a former telecommunications corporation is not subject, under a law of a State or Territory relating to the protection of the environment, to any requirement, obligation, liability, penalty or disability in respect of any act or omission by that corporation or by that person in the course of the performance of his or her duties as a director or employee of that corporation.
(3) This section does not exempt Telstra or an employee of Telstra from the application of a law of a State or Territory relating to the protection of the environment in respect of an act or omission by Telstra or that employee that occurs on or after the succession date.