The Ports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 No. 2809 (NI. 16)

SCHEDULE SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO TRANSFERS UNDER ARTICLE 4

PART I SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Construction of agreements, statutory provisions and documents

3.—(1) Paragraph 2 (except sub-paragraph (1)(a)) shall apply in relation to—

(a) any statutory provision;

(b) any provision of any agreement to which the transferor was not a party; and

(c) any provision of any document other than an agreement;

as it applies in relation to an agreement to which the transferor was a party.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) has effect in relation to any such provision only if and so far as the provision relates to—

(a) any of the transferred property, rights, liabilities or functions; or

(b) any business or activity to which any of the transferred property, rights, liabilities or functions relates.

(3) In relation to any such provision, references in paragraph 2(1)(b) and (c) to the transferor and to any persons employed by, or engaged in the business of, the transferor include references made by means of a general reference to a class of persons of which the transferor is one, without the transferor being specifically referred to.