Cap. 542 Art. 34Transitory provisions.

(1) Where anything has been commenced by or under the authority of the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts or the Government prior to the date of the coming into force of this Part and such thing relates to any of the properties or undertakings or any right or liability transferred to the Council by or under this Act, such thing may be carried on and completed by or as authorised by the Council.

(2) Where immediately before the coming into force of this Part, any legal proceedings are pending to which the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts or the Government is or is entitled to be a party, and such proceedings are related to any of the properties or undertakings, or any right or liability transferred by or under this Act, the Council shall, as from the date aforesaid, be substituted in such proceedings for the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts or Government, or shall be made a party thereto in like manner as the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts or Government could have become, and such proceedings shall not abate by reason of the substitution.

(3) The Minister may by order make such incidental, consequential and supplemental provisions as he may deem necessary or expedient for the purpose of determining, as appropriate, the assets transferred to the Council or to any of the organisations listed in the Second Schedule by this Act and securing and giving full effect to the transfer of any property or undertaking or any right or liability to the Council or to any of the organisations listed in the Second Schedule by this Act and make such orders as may be necessary to make any powers and duties exercisable by the Government in relation to any of the transferred property or undertakings exercisable by or on behalf of the Council or to any of the organisations listed in the Second Schedule.