Metro Tasmania (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 1997
6Continuation of proceedings
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6 Continuation of proceedings
(1) On and after the incorporation day –
(a) legal proceedings instituted by or against the Trust before, and pending on, the incorporation day may be continued by or, as the case may be, against the Company; and
(b) a judgment or order of a court obtained in those proceedings by or against the Trust may be enforced by or, as the case may be, against the Company; and
(c) a document addressed to and purporting to be served on the Trust relating to those proceedings is taken to be served on the Company.
(2) Any legal or other proceedings instituted by or against the Trust before the incorporation day and pending on that day may be continued by or, as the case may be, against the Company.
(3) A judgment or order of a court obtained in any such legal proceedings, where the proceedings are brought by or against the Trust, may be enforced by or against the Company on or after the incorporation day.