5. After section 33 of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted:
“33A. (1) This section applies to a person employed by, or engaged as a member of the staff of, a Territory owned corporation established on or after 1 January 1992 who, immediately before being employed or engaged by the corporation, was appointed or employed under the Public Service Act 1922 of the Commonwealth.
“(2) A person to whom this section applies retains the benefits, if any, in respect of—
(a) long service leave;
(b) maternity leave;
(c) parental leave in accordance with Determination 1983/10 made under the Public Service Act 1922 of the Commonwealth;
(d) recreation leave; and
(e) leave of absence on account of illness;
that had accrued to that person immediately before being employed or engaged by the relevant Territory owned corporation.
“(3) A person to whom this section applies shall, on or after 1 January 1992, be entitled to the benefits in respect of the matters referred to in paragraphs (2) (a) to (e) (inclusive) that are no less favourable to that person than the benefits to which that person would have been entitled from time to time in respect of those matters if he or she had continued to be appointed or employed under the Public Service Act 1922 of the Commonwealth.
“33B. (1) The provisions of the Affirmative Action (Equal Employment Opportunity for Women) Act 1986 of the Commonwealth apply, by force of this section, to a Territory owned corporation or a subsidiary, as if the corporation or the subsidiary were not an authority within the meaning of that Act.
“(2) The provisions referred to in subsection (1) apply with such modifications (if any) as are prescribed.”.