Cap. 549 ст. 39Construction of laws, etc.

(1) Subject to other 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 of this Act 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 effectively, in such manner as if instead of the Government or governmental authority the Authority has been named therein or had been a party thereto in substitution of the Government or governmental authority in question.

(2) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, all laws, rules, regulations, orders, judgments, decrees, awards, deeds, bonds, contracts, agreements, instruments, documents, warrants and other arrangements, existing immediately before the date of coming into force of this sub-article affecting or relating to any of the properties or undertakings transferred to the Authority by, or under this Act in relation to the Malta Resources Authority Act and in which the Government or a government authority is a party thereto or is named therein shall have force and effect against or in favour of the Authority, and shall be enforceable freely and effectively, as if the Authority has been named therein or had been a party thereto instead of the Government or governmental authority in question.'