# Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, Paragraph 11

Extent: E+W+S

(1) As from the primary vesting date, a contract to which the Committee is a party shall have effect in favour of and against the Board as if the Board had been a party thereto instead of the Committee.
(2) Any liability for damages or the payment of compensation which, if the scheme had not ceased to have effect, might have been enforced after the primary vesting date against the Committee in respect of a tort or of an act which, apart from the scheme, would have been tortious, shall be enforceable against the Board as if the tort or act in question had been that of the Board.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/9-10/59/schedule/THIRD/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coal-industry-nationalisation-act-1946/schedule-THIRD/paragraph-11
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