Family Support Agency Act, 2001

Transfer of certain rights and liabilities.

30.—(1) The Minister may, as he or she thinks fit, under his or her seal transfer or assign on a specified day or days to the Agency—

(a) such specified part of the property enjoyed by the Minister in relation to the functions of the Agency and rights in relation to such property so transferred or assigned, and

(b) such specified class of liabilities incurred by the Minister that have not been discharged prior to such transfer or assignment.

and, accordingly, without further conveyance, transfer or assignment—

(i) the said property, real and personal, shall, on that day, vest in the Agency for all the estate, term or interest for which, immediately before the day concerned, it was so vested in the Minister, but subject to all trusts and equities affecting the property and capable of being performed,

(ii) the said rights shall, as and from the day concerned, be enjoyed by the Agency, and

(iii) the said liabilities shall, as and from the day concerned, be the liabilities of the Agency.

(2) All property and rights relating thereto transferred or assigned to the Agency under subsection (1) that on the day concerned, were so standing in the name of the Minister shall, upon the request of the Agency, be transferred into the name of the Agency.

(3) Where before the establishment day the Minister has entered into any contract or arrangement with any person in respect of the Family and Community Services Resource Centre Programme, which is in force immediately before that day, the Minister may, as he or she sees fit, under his or her seal, transfer or assign his or her rights or liabilities arising under such contract or arrangement to the Agency.

(4) Every right and liability transferred by subsection (3) to the Agency may, on or after the establishment day, be sued on, recovered or enforced by or against the Agency in its own name.