Article 12 Supplementary provisionsI1

In this article the following matters are “relevant matters”—

Any act or omission of, or in relation to, the BSA before the transfer date in connection with the relevant matters is deemed to have been an act or omission of, or in relation to, the Authority.

Anything (including legal proceedings) which, immediately before the transfer date, is in the process of being done by, or in relation to, the BSA in connection with the relevant matters is deemed to have effect as if done by, or in relation to, the Authority, and may be continued by, or in relation to, the Authority.

Any instrument made by, or in relation to, the BSA in connection with the relevant matters continues in force until it is varied or revoked by the Authority.

Any form supplied by NHS Protect in connection with the relevant matters continues to be valid until it is varied or revoked by the Authority and as if any reference in that form to the NHS Protect or the BSA (in respect of the relevant matters) were a reference to the Authority.

Any reference to NHS Protect or the BSA in any contract, arrangement, agreement, instrument or other document in connection with the relevant matters is to be treated as a reference to the Authority.

Where the rights and liabilities under a contract, agreement, arrangement or instrument entered into or agreed by the BSA are transferred as a consequence of this Part, that contract, agreement, arrangement or instrument is to continue to have effect on or after the transfer date as if it were originally entered into by the Authority.

No right to terminate or vary a contract, agreement, arrangement or instrument is to operate or become exercisable, and no provision of any contract, agreement, arrangement or instrument is to operate or become exercisable or be contravened, by reason of the transfer of any property, rights or liabilities by virtue of article 9, 10 or 11.