Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if:
(a) immediately before the designated day, a woman was an employee of Telstra; and
(b) within 12 months after the designated day, the woman would have been entitled to begin leave granted under the Maternity Leave Act if Telstra had continued to be a prescribed authority for the purposes of that Act.
(2) On and after the designated day, 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 Telstra continued to be a prescribed authority for the purposes of that Act.