(1) This section applies if:
(a) immediately before the sale day, a person was a female staff member of the Authority; and
(b) the person becomes a Newco employee under section 8; and
(c) within 12 months after the sale day, the person would have been entitled to begin leave granted under the Maternity Leave Act if the person had continued to be a staff member.
(2) On and after the sale day, the Maternity Leave Act continues to apply to the person in relation to the confinement in respect of which she would have been entitled to leave as if Newco were a prescribed authority for the purposes of that Act.