Hong Kong Ordinances

THE PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL ORDINANCE - SECT 21

Transfer of rights and liabilities and other transitional provisions

(1) All rights, obligations and liabilities of the Provisional  Board
immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance are as from such
commencement the rights, obligations and liabilities of the Board and the
Board shall have all necessary powers to enforce those rights and discharge
those obligations and liabilities.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), every agreement,
whether in writing or not, to which the Provisional Board was a party
immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance and whether or not of
such a nature that the rights and liabilities thereunder could be assigned
shall have effect as from such commencement as if-

   (a)  the Board had been party to such agreement in lieu of the
        Provisional Board; and

   (b)  for any reference, however worded and whether expressed or implied, to
        the Provisional Board there were substituted in respect of anything to
        be done or omitted on or after the commencement of this Ordinance a
        reference to the Board.

(3) Where necessary for the purpose of giving effect to subsection

(1), subsection (2)(b) shall also apply to any document, not being an
agreement, having therein references to the Provisional Board.

(4) The appointment of any employee of the Provisional Board subsisting
immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be
made by the Board under this Ordinance and for the purpose of determining the
right to pension, gratuity or other benefits of such employee on the cessation
of his service, there shall be no break in the continuity thereof by reason
only of this section.

(5) Where anything has been commenced by or under the authority of the
Provisional Board before the commencement of this Ordinance such thing may be
carried on and completed by, or under the authority of, the Board.

(6) In this section "Provisional Board" (臨時管理局) means the
Provisional Board of The Prince Philip Dental Hospital appointed by the
Governor before the commencement of this Ordinance.

"Provisional Board" (臨時管理局)