(1) This section applies if:
(a) immediately before the sale day, a person was a female employee of SMEC; and
(b) on the sale day, the person is on leave granted under the Maternity Leave Act.
(2) On and after the sale day, the Maternity Leave Act continues to apply to the person in relation to the confinement in respect of which the leave was granted as if SMEC continued to be a prescribed authority for the purposes of that Act.