Queensland Numbered Acts

MAJOR SPORTS FACILITIES AMENDMENT ACT 2008 No. 15 - SECT 8

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'(1) The change of name of the Authority from 'Major Sports Facilities Authority' to 'Stadiums Queensland' does not--

(a) affect the entity's legal personality or identity; or

(b) affect a right, entitlement or liability of the Authority or anyone else; or

(c) make legal proceedings by or against the Authority defective.

'(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the change of name of the Authority does not affect any right, entitlement, liability or benefit the Authority would have had or enjoyed apart from the change of name.

'(3) In addition, but without limiting subsection (1), a legal proceeding that could have been started or continued by or against the Authority under its former name may be started or continued by or against it under its new name.

'A reference in an Act or document to the Major Sports Facilities Authority may, if the context permits, be taken as a reference to Stadiums Queensland.

'(1) The registrar of titles or other person responsible for keeping a register for dealings in property must, if asked by the Authority in the appropriate form, and on payment of any fee, record in the register, for any property vested in the Authority, the change of the name of the Authority from 'Major Sports Facilities Authority' to 'Stadiums Queensland'.

'(2) In this section--

registrar of titles means a public official or authority responsible for registering title to land and dealings affecting land.'.