33Maternity leave starting after transfer day

33 Maternity leave starting after 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; and (b) the person becomes an employee of the industry services body on the transfer day; and (c) within 9 months after the transfer day, the person would have been entitled to start leave granted under the Maternity Leave Act 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 she would have been entitled to leave as if the industry services body were a prescribed authority for the purposes of that Act.