4TasTAFE successor in title to Polytechnic and Skills Institute

4 TasTAFE successor in title to Polytechnic and Skills Institute

(1)  For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared that TasTAFE is the legal successor in title in relation to all Polytechnic property, Polytechnic liabilities, Polytechnic contracts, Skills Institute property, Skills Institute liabilities and Skills Institute contracts.

(2)  Despite the merger and continuation as TasTAFE of the Polytechnic and the Skills Institute by section 56 of the Training and Workforce Development Act 2013 , TasTAFE is not the legal successor in title in relation to any property, liability or contract determined by the Minister under subsection (3) not to be Polytechnic property, a Polytechnic liability, a Polytechnic contract, Skills Institute property, a Skills Institute liability or a Skills Institute contract.

(3)  The Minister, by notice published in the Gazette, may determine that –

(a) any property or right is not Polytechnic property or Skills Institute property; and

(b) a liability or obligation (whether actual, prospective or contingent) is not a Polytechnic liability or a Skills Institute liability; and

(c) a contract is not a Polytechnic contract or a Skills Institute contract.

(4)  A notice under subsection (3) is not a statutory rule for the purposes of the Rules Publication Act 1953 .