ContinuityE+W
52.—(1) The abolition of the FRA, the transfer or abolition of the FRA’s functions and the transfer of the FRA’s property, rights and liabilities do not affect the validity of anything done before the abolition or transfer.
(2) Paragraphs (3) to (5) apply where any functions, property, rights or liabilities are transferred by or under this Part from the FRA to the Combined Authority.
(3) There may be continued by or in relation to the Combined Authority anything, including legal proceedings, which—
(a)relates to any of the functions, property or rights transferred; and
(b)is in the process of being done by or in relation to the FRA immediately before 7th May 2024.
(4) There has effect as if made or done by or in relation to the Combined Authority—
(a)anything which was made or done by or in relation to the FRA for the purposes of, or otherwise in connection with, any of the functions, property, rights or liabilities transferred; and
(b)is in effect immediately before 7th May 2024.
(5) The Combined Authority is to be substituted for the FRA in any instruments, contracts or legal proceedings which—
(a)relate to any of the functions, property, rights or liabilities transferred; and
(b)are made or commenced before 7th May 2024.
(6) In this article, a reference to the transfer of a function includes a reference to the abolition of a function and the conferral of a corresponding function on another person.
Commencement Information
I1Art. 52 in force at 20.12.2023, see art. 1(2)