F1 SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 17 Transitional Provisions and Savings

Part II Provisions and Savings for Part II of Act

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1

Where immediately before the transfer date there is in force an agreement which—

a

confers or imposes on an Electricity Board or the Electricity Council any rights or liabilities which vest in the appropriate successor company by virtue of this Act; and

b

refers (in whatever terms and whether expressly or by implication) to a member or officer of that Board or Council,

the agreement shall have effect, in relation to anything falling to be done on or after that date, as if for that reference there were substituted a reference to such person as that company may appoint or, in default of appointment, to the officer of that company who corresponds as nearly as may be to the member or officer of the Board or Council in question.

2

References in this paragraph to an agreement include references to a deed, bond or other instrument.