# Transport Act 1981, Paragraph 5


(1) Every agreement, other than a contract of employment, to which the Council are a party immediately before the appointed day, whether in writing or not and whether or not of such a nature that rights and liabilities thereunder could be assigned by the Council, has effect as from that date as if—
(a) the Secretary of State had been a party to the agreement; and
(b) for any reference to the Council there were substituted, as respects anything falling to be done on or after the appointed day, a reference to the Secretary of State.
(2) Other documents, not being enactments, which refer to the Council shall be construed in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) so far as applicable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/56/schedule/5/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1981/schedule-5/paragraph-5
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