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Australian National Railways Commission Act 1983
67AFTransfer of contractual rights and obligations by declaration
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#### 67AF Transfer of contractual rights and obligations by declaration
(1) The Minister for Finance may, by writing, declare that the Commission’s rights and obligations under a specified contract to which the Commission is a party:
(a) cease to be rights and obligations of the Commission at a specified time; and
(b) become rights and obligations of a specified person at that time.
> Note: A right or obligation may be specified by name, by inclusion in a specified class or in any other way.
(2) The Minister for Finance may, by writing, declare that a specified contract continues to have effect after a specified time as if a reference in the contract to the Commission were a reference to a specified person.
(3) The Minister for Finance may, by writing, declare that a specified instrument relating to a specified contract continues to have effect after the Commission’s rights and obligations under the contract become rights and obligations of a specified person, as if a reference in the instrument to the Commission were a reference to the person.
(4) The Minister for Finance may, by writing, declare that a specified person becomes the Commission’s successor in law, in relation to the Commission’s rights and obligations under a specified contract, immediately after the Commission’s rights and obligations under the contract become rights and obligations of the person.
(5) A declaration under this section has effect accordingly.
(6) A copy of a declaration under this section is to be published in the Gazette within 14 days after the making of the declaration.
(7) This section does not, by implication, limit section 67AE.
> Note: For specification by class, see section 46 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.