32Maternity leave starting before transfer day

32 Maternity leave starting before transfer day

(1) This section applies in relation to a person if: (a) immediately before the transfer day, the person was a female employee of a statutory authority who was on leave granted under the Maternity Leave Act; and (b) the person becomes an employee of the industry services body on the transfer day; and (c) the person would have been entitled to have remained on that leave on and after the transfer day if the person had continued to be an employee of the statutory authority. (2) On and after the transfer day, the Maternity Leave Act continues to apply to the person in relation to the confinement in respect of which the leave was granted as if the industry services body were a prescribed authority for the purposes of that Act.