Forth Road Bridge Act 2013
| Year | 2013 |
Forth Road Bridge Act 2013
2013 asp 8
The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 23rd May 2013 and received Royal Assent on 28th June 2013
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the management and maintenance of the Forth Road Bridge.
1 Trunk roads
(1) The length of road described in the schedule becomes a trunk road on the date this subsection comes into force.
(2) Any enactment that provides for property and liabilities to transfer to the Scottish Ministers on account of a road becoming a trunk road, does not apply to the extent that it would transfer property and liabilities from the Authority to the Scottish Ministers.
(3) Nothing in this section prevents the Scottish Ministers from detrunking the road which becomes a trunk road by virtue of subsection (1), or any part of that road, by making an order to that effect under section 5 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c.54) .
(4) In the definition of "trunk road" in section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, after "Forth Crossing Act 2011 (asp 2) " insert "or by virtue of section 1 of the Forth Road Bridge Act 2013 (asp 8) ".
2 Transfer of property and liabilities etc.
(1) All property (including rights) and liabilities of the Authority are transferred to, and vest in, the Scottish Ministers.
(2) Anything done by, on behalf of or in relation to the Authority is to be treated as having instead been done by, on behalf of or in relation to the Scottish Ministers.
(3) Any reference to the Authority in a contract, deed or other document giving rise to a legal obligation, is to be read as a reference to the Scottish Ministers.
(4) Any legal proceedings raised by, or against, the Authority may be continued by, or against, the Scottish Ministers.
3 Transfer of staff
(1) On the date this subsection comes into force, any person employed by the Authority is transferred into the employment of the bridge operator.
(2) In subsection (1), "the bridge operator" means the person appointed by the Scottish Ministers to manage and maintain the Forth Road Bridge.
(3) The transfer effected by subsection (1) is a relevant transfer for the purposes of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 ( s.i. 2006/246 ).
4 Dissolution of Forth Estuary Transport Authority
(1) The Authority is dissolved.
(2) The 2002 Order is revoked.
(3) The following enactments are repealed-
(a) forth road bridge order confirmation act 1947 (c.iv) ,
(b) forth road bridge order confirmation act 1958 (c.vi) ,
(c) forth road bridge order confirmation act 1960 (c.iii) .
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