(1) Sections 4 and 38 shall come into operation on the day fixed under subsection 2(2) of the Postal Services Act 1975.

The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

Australian Postal Commission means the Commission established by the Postal Services Act 1975.

Australian Telecommunications Commission means the Commission established by the Telecommunications Act 1975.

commencing day means the day fixed under subsection 2(2) of the Postal Services Act 1975.

Commission means the Australian Postal Commission or the Australian Telecommunications Commission.

exempt employee means a person employed under Division 10 of Part III of the Public Service Act 1922-1975 in respect of whom an order under section 8A of that Act is in force.

Post Office Services has the same meaning as in Part IVA of the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1974.

relevant day means a day fixed by the Minister, being a day before, but not more than 14 days before, the commencing day.

(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, expressions that are defined for the purposes of the Postal Services Act 1975 or the Telecommunications Act 1975 have, when used in this Act, the same respective meanings as in the Act in which they are defined.

In this Act, a reference to the Service of a Commission is a reference to the Australian Postal Commission Service or the Australian Telecommunications Commission Service, as the case requires.

This section applies to all postal articles that were in the possession of the Postmaster-General immediately before the commencing day.

The Australian Postal Commission is, by force of this section, entitled to the possession of all postal articles to which this section applies.

(3) The Postal Services Act 1975 applies, subject to subsection (4), to and in relation to a postal article to which this section applies as if the article had been posted on the commencing day and, for the purpose of the application of that Act, any action taken under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1974 in relation to the article shall be deemed to have been taken by the Australian Postal Commission under the Postal Services Act 1975.

Notwithstanding subsection (3), postage is payable on a postal article to which this section applies, being a postal article posted in , at the rate applicable to the article on the day on which the article was posted.

Where the postage in respect of a postal article to which this section applies was not fully pre-paid, the Australian Postal Commission is entitled to be paid, upon the delivery of the article, the amount that would have been payable to Australia upon the delivery of the article if it had been delivered immediately before the commencing day.

(1) An arrangement in force under Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1974 immediately before the commencing day has effect according to its tenor on and after that day as if it had been made by the Australian Postal Commission under section 15 of the Postal Services Act 1975.section 21 of the

In the application of an arrangement referred to in subsection (1) on and after the commencing day, references in the arrangement to the Postmaster-General shall be read as references to the Australian Postal Commission.

(3) Where an arrangement in force under Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1974 immediately before the commencing day applied to a postal article to which section 5 of this Act applies, the postage payable in respect of the article in accordance with the arrangement is payable to the Australian Postal Commission. section 21 of the

(4) An arrangement in force under Post and Telegraph Rates Act 1902-1974 immediately before the commencing day has effect according to its tenor on and after that day as if it had been made by the Australian Postal Commission under the Postal Services Act 1975.section 6A of the

(1) The moneys standing to the credit of a Money Order Account, being the account kept in accordance with Audit Act 1901-1973, immediately before the commencing day are, by virtue of this section, vested in the Australian Postal Commission.section 26 of the

(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of Audit Act 1901-1973 by section 38 of, and Schedule 2 to, this Act, a Money Order Account referred to in subsection (1) of this section may, on and after the commencing day, be operated on:section 26 of the

Where, immediately before the commencing day, moneys would have been payable by Australia upon due presentation of a money order or postal order issued in Australia or of a money order issued in another country for the payment of moneys in Australia:

The Australian Postal Commission is liable to pay to, or in accordance with the directions of, the Australian Telecommunications Commission amounts aggregating the sum of the moneys in the Money Order Account immediately before the commencing day that were received in connexion with the provision of telecommunications services by .

Where moneys held in the Money Order Account immediately before the commencing day were held on behalf of a State, body or person, the Australian Postal Commission is liable to pay an amount equal to the amount of the moneys so held to that State, body or person.

Where moneys held in the Money Order Account immediately before the commencing day were payable out of that account in accordance with the directions of a Department other than the Postmaster-General’s Department, the Australian Postal Commission is liable to expend out of moneys of the Commission amounts aggregating the amount of those moneys in accordance with the directions of that Department.

(7) The Australian Postal Commission shall pay to the credit of the Unclaimed Moneys Fund kept in accordance with Postal Services Act 1975 amounts equal to each of the amounts held in the Money Order Account immediately before the commencing day that had been paid into that account more than 1 year before that day for transmission by means of a money order or postal order and that section applies in relation to that amount as if it had been received by the Commission for transmission to a person on the day on which it was received by Australia.section 107 of the

(1) The Australian Telecommunications Commission is, by virtue of this section, entitled to possession of all telegrams, within the meaning of the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1974, delivered, before the commencing day, at a telegraph office or post office for transmission by telegraph but not delivered to the addresses before that day.

(2) The Telecommunications Act 1975 applies, subject to subsection (3), to a telegram referred to in subsection (1) as if it had been delivered to the Australian Telecommunications Commission on the commencing day for transmission as a telegram.

The charge for the transmission of a telegram referred to in subsection (1) is the charge that was payable on the day on which it was delivered to a telegraph office or post office.

(1) An authority in force under Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1974 immediately before the commencing day continues to have effect, notwithstanding the repeal of that Act, but subject to this section, as if it were an authority granted by the Australian Telecommunications Commission under section 13 of the Telecommunications Act 1975.section 81 of the

Where any of the conditions subject to which an authority referred to in subsection (1) was given would, but for this subsection, be incapable of operating at any time after the commencing day by reason of the abolition of the Postmaster-General’s Department or of there no longer being any person holding an office specified in the authority, the Australian Telecommunications Commission may, by notice in writing given to the holder of the authority, modify the conditions in such a manner as it deems appropriate for the purpose of enabling them to operate on and after the commencing day.

Where an authority referred to in subsection (1) was granted for a specified period, the authority continues in force in accordance with this section for the remainder of that period.

Where an authority referred to in subsection (1) was not granted for a specified period, the holder of the authority or the Australian Telecommunications Commission may terminate the authority by giving to the other party to the authority not less than 12 months notice of intention to terminate the authority.

(1) The repeal effected by Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1974, of compensation, or of an amount equal to the cost of work done by the Postmaster-General’s Department, in respect of any act or thing done before that day.section 4 does not prevent the recovery, after the commencing day, under Part VIA of the

Where, immediately before the commencing day, proceedings to which Australia or the Postmaster-General was a party were pending in any court for the recovery under that Part of compensation, or of an amount equal to the cost of work done by the Postmaster-General’s Department, the Australian Telecommunications Commission is, by force of this section, substituted for Australia or the Postmaster-General, as the case may be, as a party to the proceedings and has the same rights in the proceedings as the party for which it is substituted.

(3) The Australian Telecommunications Commission may institute proceedings for the recovery of compensation in respect of any act or thing done before the commencing day, or of an amount equal to the cost of work done by the Postmaster-General’s Department before the commencing day, as if Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1974 had not been repealed and that Commission and that Department were the same body.Part VIA of the

(4) The Australian Telecommunications Commission is entitled to any compensation or amount paid or recovered after the commencing day under Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1974.Part VIA of the

(5) Any security for the payment of moneys to the Postmaster-General held by immediately before the commencing day under Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1974 shall be transferred to the Australian Telecommunications Commission and held by that Commission as security for the payment of those moneys to that Commission.Part VIA of the

Where, immediately before the commencing day, proceedings to which Australia or the Postmaster-General is a party were pending in any court for the recovery of damages in respect of damage done before the commencing day to property vested in a Commission by this Act, that Commission is, by force of this section, substituted for Australia or the Postmaster-General, as the case may be, as a party to the proceedings and has the same rights in the proceedings as the party for which it is substituted.

Where property vested in a Commission by this Act was damaged before the commencing day, that Commission may institute proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery of any damages that would, but for this section, be recoverable by or the Postmaster-General in respect of that damage.

(1) Until the Australian Postal Commission makes a determination under Postal Services Act 1975, the rates of postage, rentals, fees and other charges payable under the Post and Telegraph Rates Act 1902-1974 or the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1974 immediately before the commencing day in respect of, or in relation to, services within the functions of that Commission apply, on and after the commencing day, as if they had been duly determined under section 18 of the Postal Services Act 1975 on the commencing day.section 18 of the

(2) Until the Australian Telecommunications Commission makes a determination under Telecommunications Act 1975, the rentals, fees and other charges payable under the Post and Telegraph Rates Act 1902-1974 or the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1974 immediately before the commencing day in respect of, or in relation to, services within the functions of that Commission apply, on and after the commencing day, as if they had been duly determined under section 11 of the Telecommunications Act 1975 on the commencing day.section 11 of the

At any time after this Act receives the Royal Assent and before the commencing day, the Australian Postal Commission:

At any time after this Act receives the Royal Assent and before the commencing day, the Australian Telecommunications Commission:

Determinations and By-laws referred to in subsection (1) or (2) that are made before the commencing day do not come into operation until the commencing day.

The Minister shall, after taking into consideration any advice furnished to him or her by the Australian Postal Commission and any advice furnished to him or her by the Australian Telecommunications Commission, determine, in writing, to which of the Services, that is to say, the Australian Postal Commission Service or the Australian Telecommunications Commission Service, it is appropriate to appoint:

(2) Where the Minister determines that it is appropriate to appoint an officer of the Australian Public Service to the Australian Postal Commission Service, the officer shall be deemed to have been appointed by the Australian Postal Commission, on the commencing day, to that Service under Postal Services Act 1975.section 42 of the

(3) Where the Minister determines that it is appropriate to appoint an officer of the Australian Public Service to the Australian Telecommunications Commission Service, the officer shall be deemed to have been appointed by the Australian Telecommunications Commission, on the commencing day, to that Service under Telecommunications Act 1975.section 39 of the

Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to a person who ceased to be an officer of the Australian Public Service on or after the relevant day but before the commencing day.

References in this section to the Minister are:

In this section, a reference to an officer of a Commission is a reference to an officer deemed to have been appointed to the Service of that Commission under this Part other than such an officer who, immediately before the commencing day, was not performing duty in the Australian Public Service by reason of having been authorized to perform duty temporarily for another authority, body or person.

A Commission shall, in respect of each officer of the Commission:

A Commission shall not, under subsection (2):

Where:

(5) In this section, salary does not include an allowance by way of higher duties allowance.

(1) In this section, probationer means a person who had been appointed to the Australian Public Service on probation and whose appointment has not been confirmed before the commencing day.

Where a person who is deemed to have been appointed to the Service of a Commission under this Part is a probationer:

For the purposes of subsection (2), the relevant section is:

Subject to subsection (2), a person who is deemed to have been appointed to the Service of a Commission under this Part shall be deemed to have been so appointed without probation.

Where a person was promoted to fill a vacancy in an office in the Postmaster-General’s Department before the commencing day but the promotion had not been completed before that day, the Minister shall, after taking into consideration any advice furnished to him or her by the Australian Postal Commission and any advice furnished to him or her by the Australian Telecommunications Commission, declare whether the promotion is to have effect in relation to the Australian Postal Commission or the Australian Telecommunications Commission.

Where the Minister declares that a promotion is to have effect in relation to a Commission referred to in subsection (1):

For the purposes of this section, the promotion of an officer to fill a vacancy in an office in the Postmaster-General’s Department shall be taken not to be completed if it has not been confirmed or cancelled.

In this section:

While this section continues in force:

(2) While this section continues in force, sections 50 and 54 of the Postal Services Act 1975 apply as if:

(3) While this section continues in force, sections 47 and 51 of the Telecommunications Act 1975 apply as if:

(4) An officer promoted or transferred to the Service of a Commission under this section shall be deemed to have been appointed an officer in the Service of that Commission on the day on which he or she is so promoted or transferred for all purposes of the Postal Services Act 1975 or the Telecommunications Act 1975, as the case requires.

(5) This section ceases to have effect on 30 June 1980 and the Acts Interpretation Act 1901-1973 applies as if it had been repealed on that date by another Act.

Where:

(2) Section 50 of the Public Service Act 1922-1975 continues to apply, on and after the commencing day, to and in relation to a promotion to which this section applies as if the relevant person had not ceased to be an officer of the Australian Public Service and his or her service in the Service of a Commission were service in the Australian Public Service.

(3) Where the promotion of the relevant person is confirmed under Public Service Act 1922-1975 or the relevant person is promoted to a vacant office under subsection 50(9) of that Act, the person shall be deemed, notwithstanding section 16, to have continued on and after the commencing day to be an officer of the Australian Public Service but any amount paid to him or her as salary in respect of his or her service in the Service of a Commission shall be deemed to have been paid to him or her as salary under the Public Service Act 1922-1975.section 50 of the

Where a person who is deemed by this Part to have been appointed to the Service of a Commission is, on the commencing day, performing duty:

Upon the termination of the leave of absence that is to be deemed to have been granted to a person under subsection (1), the person is entitled to be employed in the Service of that Commission at a classification and salary determined by the Commission having regard to the duties performed by him or her in the Australian Public Service immediately prior to his or her commencing to perform the duties referred to in subsection (1) and the period during which he or she has performed those duties.

(3) Where, but for this subsection, a person who is deemed by this Part to have been appointed to the Service of a Commission would, on the commencing day, be an officer to whom Officers’ Rights Declaration Act 1928-1975 applies:section 6 of the

Where an officer attains the maximum age for retirement or is dismissed for misconduct before the completion of the period of leave of absence applicable to him or her under this section, subsection (2) or paragraph (3)(d), as the case may be, does not apply to him or her.

The Australian Postal Commission and the Australian Telecommunications Commission shall jointly determine the Service, that is to say, the Australian Postal Commission Service or the Australian Telecommunications Commission Service, in which it is appropriate to employ:

Subject to subsection (4), the Australian Postal Commission shall engage as an employee each person in respect of whom it has been determined under subsection (1) that it is appropriate that he or she be employed in the Service of that Commission.

Subject to subsection (4), the Australian Telecommunications Commission shall engage as an employee each person in respect of whom it has been determined under subsection (1) that it is appropriate that he or she be employed in the Service of that Commission.

Subsection (2) or (3) does not require the engagement of a person as an employee:

(5) Where it is determined under subsection (1) that it is appropriate that a person be employed in the Service of a Commission and that person is employed in the Postmaster-General’s Department on the day immediately before the commencing day, the person ceases, immediately before the commencing day, to be employed under Public Service Act 1922-1975 or as an exempt employee, as the case may be.section 82 of the

This section applies to:

A person to whom this section applies retains the rights, if any, in respect of:

For the purposes of determining the leave of absence that might be granted to a person to whom this section applies in accordance with any terms and conditions of his or her employment that correspond with the provisions of regulation 50 of the Public Service Regulations, any service of the officer in the Australian Public Service during the period of 12 months immediately preceding the commencing day shall be deemed to be service in the Australian Postal Commission Service or the Australian Telecommunications Commission Service, as the case requires.

Where:

Where:

(1) Where a copy of a judgment and a statutory declaration referred to in Public Service Act 1922-1975 had been served on a Paying Officer in accordance with that section before the commencing day in relation to a person who is deemed by this Part to have been appointed an officer in the Service of a Commission, or was engaged by a Commission as an employee in pursuance of section 23, but the Paying Officer had not been notified before the commencing day that the judgment had been satisfied, the relevant section applies in relation to the judgment as if the judgment and declaration had been served on that Commission in accordance with the relevant section.section 64 of the

(2) Where copies of two or more judgments had been served on a Paying Officer under the Public Service Act 1922-1975 before the commencing day in relation to a person referred to in subsection (1), they shall be deemed to have been served on the Commission in the order in which they were served under that Act.

In this section:

(1) Where an officer to whom this section applies had, before the commencing day, committed an offence mentioned in Public Service Act 1922-1975, the officer may be dealt with under Division 6 of Part V of the relevant Act as if he or she had, by reason of having committed that offence, failed to fulfil his or her duty as an officer, within the meaning of that Division, of the relevant Commission.section 55 of the

Nothing in subsection (1) shall render a person to whom this section applies liable to be punished twice in respect of the same offence.

(3) Where an officer to whom this section applies had been charged with an offence referred to in subsection (1) before the commencing day but the charge had not been disposed of before that day, the relevant authorized officer shall hold an inquiry into the alleged offence and may treat any explanation and reports furnished to a Chief Officer under the Public Service Act 1922-1975 in connexion with the charge as having been furnished to him or her for the purposes of that inquiry.

(4) Where an officer to whom this section applies had appealed under the Public Service Act 1922-1975 against the decision of a Chief Officer in respect of an offence mentioned in section 55 of that Act, but the appeal had not been disposed of before the commencing day, the appeal shall be heard and determined by a Disciplinary Appeal Board constituted under the relevant Act as if the appeal had been instituted under the relevant Act and, if the Board, on hearing the appeal, confirms the decision of the Chief Officer, the Board shall, in substitution for the decision of the Chief Officer or of that Commission:

The relevant Commission shall take such action as is necessary to give effect to a direction or recommendation of a Disciplinary Appeal Board given under paragraph (4)(c).

Where an officer to whom this section applies was suspended from duty immediately before the commencing day, the suspension operates on and after the commencing day as if it had been imposed by the relevant Commission under the relevant Act.

Where Division 6 of Part V of the relevant Act is extended to apply to a class of employees, subsections (1), (2), (6) and (8) of this section, apply as if references in those subsections to an officer included references to an employee included in that class of employees and employees included in that class of employees who were engaged as employees in pursuance of this Part had been appointed under this Part.

In this section:

For the purposes of this section:

On, or as soon as practicable after, the commencing day:

The Australian Postal Commission shall indemnify Australia, and keep Australia indemnified, from and against all actions, claims, demands, proceedings, suits, damages, expenses and costs that may be brought against, or incurred by, Australia at any time for or in respect of a debt, liability or obligation that the Commission is liable to pay, satisfy, observe, perform or discharge under paragraph (1)(c).

The Australian Telecommunications Commission shall indemnify Australia, and keep Australia indemnified, from and against all actions, claims, demands, proceedings, suits, damages, expenses and costs that may be brought against, or incurred by, Australia at any time for or in respect of a debt, liability or obligation that the Commission is liable to pay, satisfy, observe, perform or discharge under paragraph (1)(d).

(4) An authorized officer shall, upon application by a person who satisfies the authorized officer that the person has good reason for requiring a certificate under this subsection, by writing under the authorized officer’s hand, certify whether a specified asset of a kind referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) has been transferred to the Australian Postal Commission, has been transferred to the Australian Telecommunications Commission or has not been transferred to either of those Commissions, as the case requires, or that a specified debt, liability or obligation is a debt, liability or obligation referred to in paragraph (1)(c), is a debt, liability or obligation referred to in paragraph (1)(d) or is not a debt, liability or obligation referred to in either of those paragraphs, as the case requires, and such a certificate is, in all courts and in all proceedings, prima facie evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.

Judicial notice shall be taken of the signature of an authorized officer appearing on a certificate under subsection (4) and that the person by whom such a certificate purports to be signed is an authorized officer.

The Australian Telecommunications Commission is liable to pay to Australia, at such times as the Treasurer determines, such amounts as the Finance Minister determines to be amounts, the payment of which should be regarded as liabilities of that Commission in respect of the liability of Australia to make payments under any Acts relating to superannuation in respect of persons who were, before the commencing day employed in connexion with Post Office Services.

In this section:

assets includes:

A person who is provided by with a telecommunications service immediately before the commencing day may use that service on and after that commencing day as if he or she had been provided with that service by the Australian Telecommunications Commission.

(2) The authorization given by subsection (1) is given subject to compliance with the relevant provisions of the Telecommunications Act 1975 and of the By-laws made under that Act and subject to the payment of the charges payable under that Act.

(3) Arrangements in force immediately before the commencing day authorizing the attachment of equipment to a telecommunications service provided by the Postmaster-General and the use of any such equipment continue to have force and effect on and after that day as if the Australian Telecommunications Commission had made the arrangements under the By-laws in force under the Telecommunications Act 1975.

(4) Arrangements in force immediately before the commencing day for the provision of a postal service for a person continue to have force and effect on and after that day as if the Australian Postal Commission had made the arrangements under the By-laws in force under the Postal Services Act 1975.

(5) Where a person had paid to Australia before the commencing day an amount on account of rental or charges expected to accrue in respect of the provision of a postal service or a telecommunications service by the Postmaster-General on or after the commencing day, that amount shall be deemed to have been paid to the Australian Postal Commission or to the Australian Telecommunications Commission, as the case may be, on account of the charges that become payable under the Postal Services Act 1975 or under the Telecommunications Act 1975 in respect of the provision of that service under that Act.

Where a person has incurred charges in respect of the provision of a postal service or a telecommunications service by Australia before the commencing day but the charges have not been paid before that day, whether or not the charges have become due for payment before that day, the charges are, by force of this subsection, payable to the Australian Postal Commission or to the Australian Telecommunications Commission, as the case may be, and not to Australia.

The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after the commencing day, prepare a report in relation to the operation of the Post Office Services during the year ended on 30 June 1975 together with a Balance Sheet and other financial statements in respect of that year in such form as the Treasurer approves and, if the commencing day is after 1 July 1975, a report in relation to the operation of those services, together with a Balance Sheet and other financial statements in such form as the Treasurer approves, in respect of the period commencing on 1 July 1975 and ending on the day immediately before the commencing day.

The Minister shall submit the financial statements prepared in accordance with subsection (1) to the Auditor-General, who shall report to the Minister:

The Minister shall cause a report and financial statements prepared in accordance with subsection (1) together with the report of the Auditor-General, to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after receipt by the Minister of the report from the Auditor-General.

The Australian Postal Commission and the Australian Telecommunications Commission shall provide the Minister with such assistance as he or she requires for the purpose of preparing a report and financial statements required to be prepared under this section.

The Minister may, by instrument under his or her hand, delegate to an officer, either generally or otherwise as provided by the instrument of delegation, all or any of his or her powers under this Act (except this power of delegation).

A Commission may, by instrument under its seal, delegate to a Commissioner, to the Chief General Manager, or to an officer or employee of the Commission, either generally or otherwise as provided by the instrument of delegation, all or any of its powers under this Act (except this power of delegation).

A delegation under this section is revocable at will and does not prevent the exercise of a power by the Minister or the Commission, as the case may be.

An authority given by:

Where:

In this section, unless the contrary intention appears:

Arbitrator means the person holding, or performing the duties of, the office of Public Service Arbitrator under the Public Service Arbitration Act 1920-1973.

claim means a claim made under the Public Service Arbitration Act 1920-1973, or an application made under that Act to vary a determination of the Arbitrator, being a claim or application:

For the purposes of this section, the regulations may declare that the Australian Postal Commission or the Australian Telecommunications Commission, or that each of those Commissions, is a relevant Commission in relation to a claim.

Notwithstanding that a claim relates, either in whole or in part, to the Postmaster-General’s Department:

Where the hearing of the whole or a part of a claim referred to in paragraph (3)(b) was deferred before the commencing day, being a claim or a part of a claim that relates to the Postmaster-General’s Department, subsection (3) does not authorize the making of a determination in respect of that claim or that part of that claim, as the case may be.

Subject to subsection (6), where a determination referred to in subsection (3) that is made after the commencing day in respect of a claim purports to determine terms and conditions of employment applicable to persons performing the duties of offices included in a class of offices, or designations of persons included in a class of designations of persons, in the Postmaster-General’s Department, a relevant Commission in relation to the claim shall vary the terms and conditions of employment applicable to the officers and employees in its Service in such manner as is necessary to ensure that the terms and conditions of employment, in respect of matters to which the determination relates, of those officers and employees who are performing the duties of positions included in a class of positions in its Service that correspond with that class of offices, designations of persons or positions are no less favourable than those first-mentioned terms and conditions of employment.

Subsection (5) does not apply to a determination made by the Arbitrator or a Deputy Arbitrator:

For the purposes of making a determination referred to in subsection (3), the Arbitrator, the Deputy Arbitrator or the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, as the case requires, shall assume that:

(8) The Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, the Arbitrator and a Deputy Arbitrator have, respectively, in respect of a hearing of a claim or appeal referred to in subsection (3) and in respect of the making of a determination referred to in that subsection, all the powers conferred on it, him or her by the Public Service Arbitration Act 1920-1973, including the powers conferred by sections 15 and 15A, but an application does not lie to the Arbitrator to vary a determination so referred to in so far as the determination purports to relate to the Postmaster-General’s Department.

(9) A relevant Commission in relation to a claim has, by virtue of this subsection, the like rights, and may exercise the like powers, in relation to the claim, or a determination made in respect of the claim, to which subsection (3) applies as the rights and powers that are conferred by the Public Service Arbitration Act 1920-1973 on the Public Service Board in relation to the claim or determination.

(10) Nothing in this section shall be taken to affect the application of Public Service Arbitration Act 1920-1973 in relation to a determination, but a determination of a kind referred to in subsection (3) shall not, for the purposes of that section, be deemed to be not in accord with the Postal Services Act 1975 or the Telecommunications Act 1975.section 22 of the

(11) Nothing in this section shall be taken to affect the application of the Public Service Arbitration Act 1920-1973 in relation to a claim in so far as the claim is not related to the Postmaster-General’s Department.