Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022

Provisions consequent upon transfer of functions, assets and liabilities to Commission

65. (1) Anything commenced and not completed before the establishment day by or under the authority of the Authority or the statutory committees may, in so far as it relates to a function transferred to the Commission by this Act, be carried on or completed on or after the establishment day by the Commission.

(2) Every instrument made under an enactment, and every document granted or made, in the performance of a function transferred by this Act shall, if and in so far as it was operative immediately before the establishment day, have effect on and after that day as if it had been granted or made by the Commission.

(3) References to the Authority in the memorandum or articles of association or constitution of any company and relating to a function transferred by this Act shall, on and after the establishment day, be construed as references to the Commission.

(4) Any money, stocks, shares or securities transferred by section 62 that immediately before the establishment day were standing in the name of the Authority shall, on the request of the Commission be transferred into its name.

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