Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Act 2023

Provisions consequent upon transfer of functions, rights and liabilities

29. (1) Anything commenced and not completed before the establishment day by or under the authority of the Child and Family Agency may, in so far as it relates to a function transferred to the Agency under section 24 (1), be carried on or completed on or after the establishment day by the Agency.

(2) Every instrument made under an enactment and every document (including any certificate) granted or made by the Child and Family Agency, if and in so far as it was operative immediately before the establishment day and relates to a function transferred to the Agency under section 24 (1), shall have effect on and after that day as if it had been granted or made by the Agency.

(3) A reference to the Child and Family Agency in the memorandum of association or articles of association of any company, where it relates to a function transferred to the Agency under section 24 (1), shall, on and after that day, be construed as a reference to the Agency.

(4) A certificate signed by the Minister that any right or liability has or, as the case may be, has not vested in the Agency under section 25 shall be sufficient evidence, unless the contrary is shown, of the fact so certified for all purposes.