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TELSTRA CORPORATION ACT 1991 - SECT 3B

Telstra body

Divisions 1, 2 and 3 of Part 3A

             (1)  A reference in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 of Part 3A to a Telstra body is a reference to:

                     (a)  Telstra; or

                     (b)  a body corporate that is a subsidiary of Telstra immediately before the day that is the first day after the commencement of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Telstra (Transition to Full Private Ownership) Act 2005 on which a majority of the voting shares in Telstra are held by a person, or persons, other than the Commonwealth.

Remaining provisions

             (2)  A reference in any of the remaining provisions of this Act to a Telstra body is a reference to:

                     (a)  Telstra; or

                     (b)  a body corporate that is a subsidiary of Telstra.

Future Fund

             (3)  For the purposes of subsection (1), if a share in Telstra is an investment of the Future Fund, the share is taken to be held by a person other than the Commonwealth.

Securities lending arrangements

             (4)  For the purposes of subsection (1), if, under an agreement of the kind known as a securities lending arrangement:

                     (a)  at a particular time (the disposal time ), the Commonwealth disposed of a share in Telstra (the borrowed share ) to another person (the borrower ); and

                     (b)  the Commonwealth may come under an obligation to:

                              (i)  re‑acquire the borrowed share from the borrower at a later time; or

                             (ii)  acquire an identical share from the borrower at a later time;

the borrowed share is taken to be held by the Commonwealth during the period:

                     (c)  beginning at the disposal time; and

                     (d)  ending when the obligation mentioned in paragraph (b) is discharged or can no longer arise.

Definition

             (5)  In this section:

"the Commonwealth" includes a category A hybrid-security issuer company.



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