Education Reform Act 1988

Construction of agreements E+W

6 (1) Where in the case of any transfer to which this Schedule applies any rights or liabilities transferred are rights or liabilities under an agreement to which the transferor was a party immediately before the transfer date, the agreement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have effect on and after the transfer date as if— E+W

(a) the transferee had been a party to the agreement;

(b) for any reference (whether express or implied and, if express, however worded) to the transferor there were substituted, as respects anything falling to be done on or after the transfer date, a reference to the transferee;

(c) any reference (whether express or implied and, if express, however worded) to a specified officer of the transferor or a person employed by the transferor in a specified capacity were, as respects anything falling to be done on or after the transfer date, a reference to such person as the transferee may appoint or, in default of appointment, to an officer or employee of the transferee who corresponds as closely as possible to the person referred to in the agreement;

(d) where the agreement refers to property, rights or liabilities which fall to be apportioned or divided between the transferor and the transferee, the agreement constituted two separate agreements separately enforceable by and against the transferor and the transferee as regards the part of the property, rights or liabilities retained by the transferor or (as the case may be) the part vesting in the transferee, and not as regards the other part;

and paragraph (d) above shall apply in particular to the covenants, stipulations and conditions of any lease by or to the transferor.

(2) This paragraph applies to any agreement whether in writing or not and whether or not of such a nature that rights and liabilities under it could be assigned by the transferor.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 10 paras. 6-8 applied (1.1.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 238, 239, Sch. 13, para.15; S.I. 1993/3106, art. 4, Sch.1 (with art. 5, Sch. 2) (amended by S.I. 1994/436, art.2).

Sch. 10 paras. 6-8 applied (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 88(1), 583, Sch. 7 para. 12 (with ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39).

Sch. 10 paras. 6-8 applied (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 76, Sch. 22 Pt. III para. 9(2) (with s. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch. 1.

Sch. 10 paras. 6-8 extended (1.9.1999) by S.I. 1999/2243, reg. 44(2).

Sch. 10 paras. 6-8 applied (1.9.1999) by S.I. 1999/2262, reg. 44(2).

C2 Sch. 10 paras. 6-8 extended (10.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/362, reg. 25(2).

C3 Sch. 10 para. 6 applied (with modifications) (10.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/362, reg. 54(6)(a).

Sch. 10 para. 6 applied (with modifications) (E.) (31.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/362, regs. 54A(1), 54C(1), (as substituted (E.) (31.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/3297, reg. 2)

Sch. 10 paras. 2-10 applied (with modifications) (W.) (31.7.2000) by S.I. 1999/362, reg. 54A(1) (as substituted (W.) (31.7.2000) by 2000/1867, reg. 2, Sch. )

7 (1) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 6 above, the transferee under a transfer to which this Schedule applies and any other person shall, as from the transfer date, have the same rights, powers and remedies (and in particular the same rights and powers as to the taking or resisting of legal proceedings or the making or resisting of applications to any authority) for ascertaining, perfecting or enforcing any right or liability transferred to and vested in the transferee by virtue of this Act [F1 or of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998] as he would have had if that right or liability had at all times been a right or liability of the transferee. E+W

(2) Any legal proceedings or applications to any authority pending on the transfer date by or against the transferor, in so far as they relate to any property, right or liability transferred to the transferee by virtue of this Act [F1 or of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998], or to any agreement relating to any such property, right or liability, shall be continued by or against the transferee to the exclusion of the transferor.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 10 para. 7 inserted (1.1.1994) by 1993 c. 35, s. 307(1), Sch. 19, para. 144(d); S.I. 1993/3106, art. 4, Sch. 1 (with art. 5, Sch. 2) (amended by S.I. 1994/436, art. 2) and words substituted for those words (1.2.1999) by virtue of 1998 c. 31, s. 137, Sch. 29 para.7 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/120, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 4).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4 Sch. 10 paras. 6-8 applied (1.1.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 238, 239, Sch. 13, para. 15; S.I. 1993/3106, art. 4, Sch. 1 (with art. 5, Sch. 2) (amended by S.I. 1994/436, art. 2).

Sch. 10 paras. 6-8 applied (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 88(1), 583, Sch. 7 para. 12 (with ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39).

Sch. 10 paras. 6-8 extended (1.9.1999) by S.I. 1999/2243, reg. 44(2).

Sch. 10 paras. 6-8 applied (1.9.1999) by S.I. 1999/2262, reg. 44(2).

Sch. 10 paras. 2-10 applied (with modifications) (W.) (31.7.2000) by S.I. 1999/362, reg. 54A(1) (as substituted (W.) (31.7.2000) by 2000/1867, reg. 2, Sch.)

C5 Sch. 10 paras. 6-8 applied (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 76, Sch. 22 Pt. III para. 9(2) (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

C6 Sch. 10 para. 7 extended (10.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/362, reg. 25.

C7 Sch. 10 para. 7 applied (with modifications) (10.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/362, reg. 54(6)(a)

Sch. 10 para. 7 applied (with modifications) (E. ) (31.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/362, regs. 54A(1), 54C(1), (as substituted (E.) (31.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/3297, reg. 2)

8 E+W The provisions of paragraphs 6 and 7 above shall have effect for the interpretation of agreements subject to the context, and shall not apply where the context otherwise requires.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C8 Sch. 10 paras. 6-8 applied (1.1.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 238, 239, Sch. 13, para.15; S.I. 1993/3106, art. 4, Sch.1 (with art. 5, Sch. 2) (amended by S.I. 1994/436, art.2).

Sch. 10 paras. 6-8 applied (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 88(1), 583, Sch. 7 para. 12 (with ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39).

Sch. 10 paras. 6-8 applied (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 76, Sch. 22 Pt. III para. 9(2) (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch. 1.

Sch. 10 paras. 6-8 extended (1.9.1999) by S.I. 1999/2243, reg. 44(2).

Sch. 10 paras. 6-8 applied (1.9.1999) by S.I. 1999/2262, reg. 44(2).

C9 Sch. 10 para. 8 extended (10.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/362, reg. 25.

C10 Sch. 10 para. 8 applied (with modifications) (10.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/362, reg. 54(6)(a)

Sch. 10 para. 8 applied (with modifications) (E. ) (31.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/362, regs. 54A(1), 54C(1) (as substituted (E.) (31.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/3297, reg. 2)

Sch. 10 paras. 2-10 applied (with modifications) (W.) (31.7.2000) by S.I. 1999/362, reg. 54A(1) (as substituted (31.7.2000) by 2000/1867, reg. 2, Sch. 2)

Sch. 10 paras. 2-10 applied (with modifications) (W.) (31.7.2000) by S.I. 1999/362, reg. 54A(1) (as substituted (W.) (31.7.2000) by 2000/1867, reg. 2, Sch.)