197Substitution of party to agreement

197 Substitution of party to agreement Where, under section 196, the rights and liabilities of a transferring hospital under an agreement vest in, or become liabilities of, a new health service— (a) the new health service becomes, on the effective date of the Order, a party to the agreement in place of the transferring hospital; and (b) on and after the effective date of the Order, the agreement has effect as if the new health service had always been a party to the agreement. New s. 198 inserted by No. 39/2000 s. 11.