Commonwealth Numbered Acts

MATERNITY LEAVE (AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES) AMENDMENT ACT 1978 No. 168, 1978 - SECT 9

9. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section
(2) the following sub-section:

''(2A) Notwithstanding sub-section (2), where a woman who has become an
unattached officer under sub-section (1), returns to duty before the
expiration of the period of 52 weeks commencing on the date of commencement of
the period during which, in accordance with paragraph 6 (1) (b), she has been
required to absent herself from duty, the Board is not required to comply with
the provisions of that sub-section until that first-mentioned period has
expired.''.