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AIRPORTS (TRANSITIONAL) ACT 1996 - SECT 25

Transfer of liability to company

  (1)   This section applies to a liability that has become a liability of the Commonwealth under section   14.

  (2)   The Finance Minister may, by written instrument, declare that, in the event that a specified company is granted an airport lease for a specified airport under section   21 or 22 on a specified day, then, immediately after the grant, a specified liability ceases to be a liability of the Commonwealth and becomes a liability of the company.

  (3)   The Finance Minister may, by written instrument, declare that, in the event that a specified company is granted an airport lease for a specified airport under section   21 or 22 on a specified day, a specified instrument relating to a specified liability continues to have effect after the liability becomes a liability of the company as if a reference in the instrument to the FAC or the Commonwealth were a reference to the company.

  (4)   The Finance Minister may, by written instrument, declare that, in the event that a specified company is granted an airport lease for a specified airport under section   21 or 22 on a specified day, the company becomes the Commonwealth's successor in law in relation to a specified liability immediately after the liability becomes a liability of the company.

  (5)   A declaration under this section has effect accordingly.

Note:   A liability or instrument may be specified by name, by inclusion in a specified class or in any other way.



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