Article 9 Mersey Tunnels

all property and liabilities immediately before 1st April 1974 vested in or attaching to the Mersey Tunnel Joint Committee; and

all property and liabilities immediately before the coming into operation of this order vested in or attaching to the district councils of Liverpool and Wirral in respect of the Mersey Tunnels,

all contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements and other instruments subsisting in favour of, or against, and all notices in force which were given (or have effect as if they had been given) by, or to, the said Committee or the district council of Liverpool or Wirral in respect of such land or liabilities shall be of full force and effect in favour of, or against, the County Council of Merseyside; and

any action or proceeding or any cause of action or proceeding, pending or existing immediately before the coming into operation of this order, by, or against, the said Committee or the district council of Liverpool or Wirral in respect of such land or liabilities shall not be prejudicially affected by reason of the Act, and may be continued, prosecuted and enforced by, or against, the County Council of Merseyside.