Water Industry Act 1994

Melbourne Parks and Waterways is abolished and the members of its Board of directors go out of office; and

all rights, property and assets that, immediately before that commencement were vested in Melbourne Parks and Waterways, vest in the State; and

all debts, liabilities and obligations of Melbourne Parks and Waterways existing immediately before that commencement, become debts, liabilities and obligations of the State; and

the State is substituted as a party to any proceedings pending in any court or tribunal to which Melbourne Parks and Waterways was a party immediately before that commencement; and

the State is substituted as a party to any arrangement or contract entered into by or on behalf of Melbourne Parks and Waterways and in force immediately before that commencement; and

any reference to Melbourne Parks and Waterways in any Act or in any proclamation, Order in Council, rule, regulation, order, agreement, instrument, deed or other document, so far as it relates to any period after that commencement, and if not inconsistent with the context or subject matter, must be construed as a reference to the State.