Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH INSURANCE COMMISSION (REFORM AND SEPARATION OF FUNCTIONS) ACT 1997 No. 159 of 1997 - SECT 41

(1) This section applies if, as a result of a declaration made by the Minister
under this Part, a person (the successor) becomes the successor in law of
another person (the original person) at a particular time in relation to a
particular asset, liability, right, benefit or obligation.

(2) If any proceedings to which the original person was a party:

   (a)  were pending in any court or tribunal immediately before that time;
        and

   (b)  related, in whole or in part, to the asset, liability, right, benefit
        or obligation, as the case may be; then, unless the Minister otherwise
        determines in writing in relation to the proceedings, the successor
        is, by force of this subsection, substituted for the original person
        as a party to the proceedings to the extent to which the proceedings
        relate to the asset, liability, right, benefit or obligation, as the
        case requires.