Telstra (Transition to Full Private Ownership) Act 2005
9AInterpretation
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9A Interpretation
(1) Unless the contrary intention appears, expressions used in this Division that are also used in the Long Service Leave Act have the same meanings in this Division as in that Act. (2) In this Division:
combined service period, in relation to an employee, means the total of:
(a) the period that is, immediately before the third anniversary of the designated day, the employee’s period of service for the purposes of the Long Service Leave Act; and
(b) the period starting on the third anniversary of the designated day during which the employee continues to be an employee of a Telstra body.
employee includes a person employed in a full‑time or a part‑time capacity.
industrial instrument means any of the following (within the meanings given by the Workplace Relations Act 1996):
(a) a workplace agreement;
(b) an award or a variation or order affecting an award;
(c) a transitional award or a variation or order affecting a transitional award;
(d) a pre‑reform AWA;
(e) a pre‑reform certified agreement;
(f) a preserved State agreement;
(g) a notional agreement preserving State awards.
law means:
(a) a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
(b) regulations or any other instrument (other than a determination or industrial instrument) made under such a law.
post‑sale long service leave rights, in relation to an employee, means any long service leave rights the employee acquires under a determination or industrial instrument or law (other than this Act) on or after the third anniversary of the designated day in relation to service on or after that anniversary.