# The Port of Bristol Harbour Revision Order 1993, Article 6: Saving of agreements etc.


(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, all sales, conveyances, leases, grants, assurances, deeds, contracts, bonds, agreements, notices and demands affecting the undertaking of the Council at the designated harbour and in force immediately before the operative date (other than any such document the parties to which include both the Council and the Company) shall (in so far as they relate to that undertaking) on and from that date be as binding and of as full force and effect as respects anything occurring or falling to be done on and after the operative date and may be enforced as fully and effectively against or in favour of the Company as if (except in any case where the Company as agent for the Council is already a party thereto or bound thereby or entitled to the benefit thereof) the Company instead of the Council hadbeen a party thereto or bound thereby or entitled to the benefit thereof and as if in any casewhere the Company as agent for the Council is already a party thereto or bound thereby orentitled to the benefit thereof the Company had been a party thereto or bound therebyor entitled to the benefit thereof in its own right and not as agent for the Council.
(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) above—
(a) shall transfer from the Council to the Company any liability of the Council (including any liability in damages) incurred or arising prior to the operative date or relating to events, acts or omissions which took place prior to the operative date; or
(b) shall have the effect of transferring from the Council to the Company any interest in any land.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2974/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/port-of-bristol-harbour-revision-order-1993/article-6
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