Saint Laurence's Hospital Act, 1943

Transfer of liabilities of the existing governing body.

37.—(1) Every debt and other liability (including unliquidated liabilities arising from torts or breaches of contract) which immediately before the first appointed day is owing and unpaid or has been incurred and is undischarged by the existing governing body shall, on the first appointed day, become and be the debt or liability of the Board and shall be paid or discharged by and may be recovered from or enforced against the Board accordingly.

(2) In this section the expression “liability” includes any annuity by way of superannuation granted, under section 9 of the Act of 1856, to an officer or servant, within the meaning of the Act of 1856, of the existing hospitals.