Cap. 510 Art. 61Construction of laws and related matters.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, all laws, rules, regulations, orders, judgments, decrees, awards, deeds, bonds, contracts, agreements, instruments, documents, warrants and other arrangements, subsisting immediately before the date of the coming into force of this Part, affecting or relating to any of the properties or undertakings transferred to the Authority by or under this Act, and in which the Government or a Government authority is a party thereto or is named therein, shall have full force and effect against or in favour of the Authority, and shall be enforceable freely and effectually, as if instead of the Government or governmental authority the Authority had been named therein or had been a party thereto, and otherwise in substitution of the Government or governmental authority.

(2) Any reference in any law to the Office for Fair Competition, Department of Consumer Affairs, Consumer and Competition Department, Malta Standards Authority and the Malta National Laboratory Company Limited shall be read and construed as a reference to the Authority and, or to any of the entities as may be established under this Act, as the case may require.