8. Without prejudice to paragraph 7—
(a)all the former body’s rights, powers, duties and liabilities under or in connection with a contract to which that paragraph applies shall by virtue of that paragraph be transferred to the Board on the appointed day; and
(b)anything done before that day by or in relation to the former body in respect of that contract or the employee shall be deemed from that day to have been done by or in relation to the Board.