Real Estate and Business Agents Act 1978

the Commissioner is to take control of all registers, documents, books and other records (however compiled, recorded or stored) relating to the former Board and the exercise of its functions, and of any tape, disk or other device or medium relating to such records; and

all assets of the former Board are to be transferred to the State to be administered in the department, or the residual assets may be realised and the proceeds, together with any moneys in hand, are to be credited to the Consolidated Account; and

all rights, liabilities and obligations of the former Board that existed immediately before the commencement day devolve on the Commissioner acting on behalf of, and in the name of, the State; and

all contracts, agreements and undertakings made by and with the former Board and having effect immediately before the commencement day have effect as contracts, agreements and undertakings made with the Commissioner acting on behalf of, and in the name of, the State and may be enforced by or against the State accordingly; and

any legal or other proceedings or any remedies that might, but for the operation of the Acts Amendment (Fair Trading) Act 2010 Part 6, have been commenced or continued by or against or have been available to the former Board may be commenced or continued by or against or are available to the Commissioner acting on behalf of, and in the name of, the State, as the case requires; and

any fees, charges or other moneys payable to the Board under this Act and outstanding at the commencement day become payable to the chief executive officer at the time, and in the manner, in which those moneys would have been payable to the former Board under this Act.