Western Australian Current Acts

SWAN AND CANNING RIVERS MANAGEMENT ACT 2006 - SECT 142

142 .         Assignment to State or CEO

        (1)         On the commencement day —

            (a)         the assets of the Trust are, by operation of this section, assigned to and become assets of the State to be administered in the Department; and

            (b)         the liabilities of the Trust are, by operation of this section, assigned to and become liabilities of the CEO acting on behalf of, and in the name of, the State; and

            (c)         the CEO acting on behalf of, and in the name of, the State is substituted for the Trust as a party to all proceedings in which the Trust was a party immediately before the commencement day; and

            (d)         any proceeding or remedy that might have been commenced by, or available against or to, the Trust in relation to the assets and liabilities assigned by paragraphs (a) and (b) may be commenced by, or are available against or to, the CEO acting on behalf of, and in the name of, the State; and

            (e)         anything done or omitted to be done in relation to the assets and liabilities assigned by paragraphs (a) and (b) before the assignment, by, to or in respect of the Trust (to the extent that that thing has any effect) is to be taken to have been done or omitted by, to or in respect of the CEO acting on behalf of, and in the name of, the State.

        (2)         As soon as is practicable after the commencement day, all records and data of the Trust are to be delivered to the CEO.

        (3)         Nothing in this section affects the operation of sections 11 or 23(a).

        [Section 142 inserted: No. 6 of 2015 s. 48.]