9Assignment and subletting of leases

9 Assignment and subletting of leases

9 Assignment and subletting of leases

(1) Where, under the provisions of a lease, licence or other contract or agreement, CBA or CBA Savings Bank has rights in respect of the occupation or use of land, being an excluded asset, those rights may, notwithstanding that there has been no assignment, transfer, underletting or other disposition by CBA or CBA Savings Bank, be exercised by the continuing bank or the continuing savings bank, as the case may be.

(2) For the purposes of a lease, licence or other contract or agreement relating to the occupation or use of land, CBA or CBA Savings Bank does not part with possession of land by permitting the continuing bank or the continuing savings bank, as the case may be, to exercise rights under subsection (1) in respect of the land.