The Crown Estate Transfer Scheme 2017

Supplementary

14.—(1) Anything (including legal proceedings) which as at the transfer date is in the process of being done by or in relation to the Commissioners may, so far as it relates to any of the relevant matters, be continued by or in relation to the transferee.

(2) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Commissioners in connection with any of the relevant matters has effect on and after the transfer date as if done by or in relation to the transferee.

(3) Subject to the express provision made in Schedule 5, any enactment or instrument passed or made before the transfer date has effect, so far as is necessary for the purposes of or in consequence of the transfer or the exercise of functions that are or relate to relevant matters, as if references to (and references which are to be read as references to) the Commissioners were references to the manager.

(4) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any instrument, sub-paragraphs (1) to (3) and paragraph 5 shall not—

(a) require any additional formality in order to have full effect;

(b) give rise to any requirement for consent, authorisation, or permission; or

(c) trigger any option, right of variation, right of forfeiture, right of termination, right of pre-emption, right to first refusal, right to payment, right to demand payment or any other benefit.

(5) This Scheme does not affect the validity of anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Commissioners before the transfer date.

(6) In this paragraph, “instrument” includes Royal Charters, Royal Warrants, Orders in Council, Letters Patent, judgments, decrees, orders, rules, regulations, schemes, bye-laws, awards, licences, authorisations, consents, approvals, contracts and other agreements, memoranda and articles of association, certificates, deeds and other documents.