F1Harbour closure orders
17CHarbour closure orders: property etc
1
A closure order may include provision for the transfer of property, rights and liabilities of the harbour authority.
2
In particular, a closure order may include provision—
a
transferring things that would otherwise not be capable of being transferred;
b
creating interests, rights or liabilities in relation to things transferred or in connection with a transfer;
c
for enforcement of rights or liabilities (whether transferred or created by the order);
d
about the transfer of rights and liabilities in relation to employment (including provision for deemed continuity);
e
about pension schemes (including provision for amending schemes, winding them up, transferring their administration, and saving rights existing before a transfer takes effect);
f
terminating appointments;
g
for compensation for loss of employment (or office).
3
A closure order may include provision—
a
extinguishing liabilities to the Secretary of State;
b
about the winding up of the harbour authority's affairs;
c
about the winding up of any company wholly owned by the harbour authority;
d
about the dissolution of the harbour authority.
4
A provision of a closure order transferring property, rights or liabilities may—
a
make the transfer subject to a condition (such as the grant of an interest in favour of a third party), and
b
include provision about the effect of failure to comply with the condition.
5
Provision under this section may confer a function on the Secretary of State.
Ss. 17A-17F and cross-heading inserted (1.10.2013) by Marine Navigation Act 2013 (c. 23), ss. 6(1), 13; S.S.I. 2013/254, art. 2; S.I. 2013/1489, art. 3; S.I. 2013/2006, art. 2