Broadcasting Act, 2001

Transitional provisions in relation to Teilifís na Gaeilge.

52.—(1) On the establishment day all land which, immediately before that day, was vested in Seirbhísí Theilifís na Gaeilge Teoranta and all rights, powers and privileges relating to or connected with such land shall, without any conveyance or assignment, stand vested in Teilifís na Gaeilge for all the estate or interest for which immediately before the said day it was vested in the said company, but subject to all trusts and equities affecting the land subsisting and capable of being performed.

(2) On the establishment day all property other than land, including choses-in-action, which immediately before that day was the property of Seirbhísí Theilifís na Gaeilge Teoranta shall stand vested in Teilifís na Gaeilge without any assignment.

(3) Every chose-in-action transferred by subsection (2) to Teilifís na Gaeilge may, after the establishment day, be sued on, recovered or enforced by it in its own name and it shall not be necessary for it or Seirbhísí Theilifís na Gaeilge Teoranta to give notice to the person bound by the chose-in-action of the transfer effected by that subsection.

(4) All rights and liabilities of Seirbhísí Theilifís na Gaeilge Teoranta arising by virtue of any contract or commitment (express or implied) entered into by it before the establishment day shall on that day stand transferred to Teilifís na Gaeilge.

(5) Every right and liability transferred by subsection (4) to Teilifís na Gaeilge may, on and after the establishment day, be sued on, recovered or enforced by or against it in its own name and it shall not be necessary for it or Seirbhísí Theilifís na Gaeilge Teoranta to give notice to the person whose right or liability is transferred by that subsection of such transfer.

(6) Any legal proceedings pending immediately before the establishment day to which Seirbhísí Theilifís na Gaeilge Teoranta is a party shall be continued with the substitution in the proceedings for that company of Teilifís na Gaeilge.

(7) Anything commenced but not completed before the establishment day by Seirbhísí Theilifís na Gaeilge Teoranta may be carried on and completed on or after that day by Teilifís na Gaeilge.

(8) Nothing in the preceding provisions of this section shall operate to transfer to Teilifís na Gaeilge any right or liability of Seirbhísí Theilifís na Gaeilge Teoranta under any contract of employment entered into by that company with any person before the establishment day unless that person is designated as a person to be employed by Teilifís na Gaeilge on and after the establishment day in a direction given by the Authority for the purposes of this section (which the Authority is hereby empowered to give).