National Shared Services Office Act 2017

32.

Provisions consequent upon transfer of functions, assets and liabilities to Office

32. (1) Anything commenced and not completed before the establishment day by or under the authority of the Minister may, in so far as it relates to a function transferred to the Office by or under this Act, be carried on or completed on or after the establishment day by the Office.

(2) Every instrument made under an enactment and every document (including any certificate) granted or made by or under the authority of the Minister, if and in so far as it was operative immediately before the establishment day and relates to a function transferred to the Office by or under this Act, shall have effect on and after that day as if it had been granted or made by the Office.

(3) A reference to the Minister in the memorandum and articles of association or constitution of any company, where it relates to a function transferred to the Office by or under this Act, shall on and after that day be construed as a reference to the Office.

(4) Any money, stocks, shares or securities transferred by section 28 or 30 that immediately before the establishment day were standing in the name of the Minister and that relate to a function transferred to the Office by or under this Act shall, on and after that day on the request of the Office, be transferred into its name.

(5) A certificate signed by the Minister that any property, right or liability has or, as the case may be, has not vested in the Office under section 28 or 30 shall be sufficient evidence, unless the contrary is shown, of the fact so certified for all purposes.