24Transitional application of Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act

24 Transitional application of Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act

(1) In this section:

Territory staff means:

(a) the Head of Administration;
(b) an Associate Head of Administration;
(c) the transitional Territory staff;
(d) the members of the teaching service; and
(e) persons who constitute, or are members of, an enactment authority.

(2) Until the commencement of the amendments of the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1973 (in this section called the Act) made by this Act, the Act applies in relation to the members of the Territory staff: (a) as if the Territory were a prescribed authority as defined by section 3 of the Act; (b) as if those members were employed by that authority under a law of the Commonwealth; and (c) subject to the modifications in Schedule 3. (3) Decisions for the purposes of the Act made in relation to Territory staff by the Public Service Commissioner that were in effect at the commencement of this section continue in effect as if made by the Head of Administration.