Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Commonwealth Schools Commission Amendment Act 1984 No. 52 of 1984 - SECT 9

9. (1) On the relevant day-

   (a)  any rights, property or assets (including records and documents) that,
        immediately before that day, were vested in the Centre vest on that
        day, by force of this sub-section, in the Commonwealth; and

   (b)  the Commonwealth becomes, by force of this sub-section, liable to pay
        or discharge any debts, liabilities or obligations of the Centre that
        existed immediately before that day.

(2) Any contract to which the Centre was a party immediately before the
relevant day has effect on and after that day as if-

   (a)  the Commonwealth were substituted for the Centre as a party to the
        contract; and

   (b)  a reference in the contract to the Centre were (except in relation to
        matters that occurred before that day) a reference to the
        Commonwealth.

(3) If, immediately before the relevant day, proceedings to which the Centre
was a party were pending in a court or tribunal, the Commonwealth is, on that
day, by force of this sub-section, substituted for the Centre as a party to
the proceedings and has the same rights in the proceedings as the party for
which it is substituted.