Rights, liabilities and property
3G Rights, liabilities and property
On and from the commencement of the Wild Dog Destruction (Amendment) Act 1957 the following provisions shall have effect:
All property (in this section referred to as transferred property) whether real or personal, which immediately before that commencement was held by the Commissioner for the purposes of this Act shall vest in and belong to the board for such purposes.
All moneys, liquidated and unliquidated claims which immediately before that commencement, were payable to or recoverable by the Commissioner under this Act shall be moneys, liquidated and unliquidated claims payable to or recoverable by the board.
All suits, actions and proceedings pending immediately before that commencement at the suit of the Commissioner in relation to any matters under this Act or the transferred property or any part thereof shall respectively be suits, actions and proceedings pending at the suit of the board.
All contracts, agreements and undertakings entered into for the purposes of this Act with the Commissioner and in force immediately before that commencement shall respectively be deemed to be contracts, agreements and undertakings entered into with the board.
The board may pursue the same remedies for the recovery of any such moneys and claims and for the prosecution of such suits, actions and proceedings as the Commissioner might have done but for the Wild Dog Destruction (Amendment) Act 1957.
All debts due and moneys payable by, and all claims, liquidated or unliquidated, recoverable against the Commissioner solely in relation to any matter under this Act or the transferred property or any part thereof shall be debts due and moneys payable by and claims recoverable against the board.
Every person who immediately before that commencement was an employee of the Commissioner employed under this Act shall upon that commencement become an employee of the board.
The period of service with the Commissioner of any person who by virtue of this paragraph becomes an employee of the board shall be deemed to be service with the board for the purposes of the terms and conditions, relating to annual leave, sick leave or long service leave, of any staff agreement or of any award or agreement made under the Industrial Arbitration Act 1940, or for the purposes of the Annual Holidays Act 1944 or the Long Service Leave Act 1955.
Any such person shall not be entitled to claim benefits under this Act as well as under any other Act in respect of the same period of service.
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