Section 16: Repeal, savings and transfer of liabilities, staff, etc.

(1) The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Act 1978 is hereby repealed, and accordingly, the Board established under that Act is hereby dissolved.
[1978 No.2.]
(2) Without prejudice to section 6 of the Interpretation Act, the repeal of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Act 1978 (hereafter in this section referred to as "the repealed Act") shall not affect anything done under or pursuant to the repealed Act.
[Cap.123.]
(3) By virtue of this Act and without further assurance, there shall be vested in the Board established by this Act all assets, funds, resources and other movable or immovable property which immediately before this Act were vested in the Board established by the repealed Act.
(4) The rights, interests, obligations and liabilities of the Board established by the repealed Act existing before this Act under any contract or instrument, or in law or in equity apart from any contract or instrument, shall by virtue of this Act be assigned to and vested in the Board established by this Act.
(5) Any contract or instrument as is mentioned in subsection (4) of this section shall be of the same force and effect against or in favour of the Board established by this Act and shall be enforceable as fully and effectively as if instead of that Board, the Board established by this Act has been named therein or had been a party thereto.
(6) The Board shall be subject to all the obligations and liabilities to which the Board established under the repealed Act was subject immediately before this Act and all other persons shall have the same rights, powers and remedies against the Board as they had against that Board immediately before this Act.
(7)
Any proceedings or cause of action pending or existing immediately before this Act by or against the Board in respect of any right, interest, obligation or liability of that Board may be continued or, as the case may be, commenced and any determination of a court of law, tribunal or before any other authority or person; and any determination of a court of law, tribunal or any authority or person may be enforced by or against the Board to the same extent that such proceedings or cause of action or determination might have been continued,commenced or enforced by or against the Board established under the repealed Act .
(8)
Notwithstanding the repeal of the enactment referred to in this section, if the Board established by the Act thinks it expedient that any vacancy in the Board should be filled by a person holding office at the commencement of this Act in the Board dissolved by this section, it may employ such person by way of transfer to the Board established by this Act and the previous service in that Board by such person shall count as service for the purposes of any pension subsequently payable by the Board established by this Act.