Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983

Transfer of certain property and liabilities of Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and Minister for Transport.

9.—(1) All property, rights and liabilities held, enjoyed or incurred immediately before the appointed day by the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and by the Minister for Transport in connection with the functions transferred by this Act shall be and are hereby transferred to the Minister for Communications and, accordingly, without any further conveyance, transfer or assignment—

(a) the said property, real and personal, shall, on the appointed day, vest in the Minister for Communications,

(b) the said rights shall, as on and from the appointed day, be enjoyed by the Minister for Communications,

(c) the said liabilities shall, as on and from the appointed day, be the liabilities of the Minister for Communications.

(2) All moneys, stocks, shares and securities transferred to the Minister for Communications by this section which, on the appointed day, are standing in the name of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs or the Minister for Transport shall, upon the request of the Minister for Communications, be transferred into his name.