25Maternity leave starting before proclamation day

25 Maternity leave starting before proclamation day

(1) This section applies in relation to a person if: (a) immediately before the proclamation day, the person was a female APS employee involved in administering the Bureau of Tourism Research; and (b) on and after the proclamation day, she is covered by a determination under subsection 72(1) of the Public Service Act 1999; and (c) by that determination, she becomes an employee of Tourism Australia; and (d) immediately before the proclamation day, she was on leave granted under the Maternity Leave Act; and (e) she would have been entitled to have remained on that leave on and after the proclamation day if she had continued to be an APS employee involved in administering the Bureau of Tourism Research. (2) On and after the proclamation day, the Maternity Leave Act continues to apply to her in relation to the confinement in respect of which the leave was granted as if Tourism Australia were a prescribed authority for the purposes of that Act.