(1)  In this section,

transfer day means the day on which a notice published in the Gazette under this Division takes effect.

(2)  The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette , appoint another water entity to administer a water management plan under section 47 or a water district under section 176 in place of a trust that is dissolved under this Division.

(2A)  The order is not a statutory rule.

(3)  The order may provide that –

(a) the property of the trust vests in the other water entity; and

(b) the functions, powers and obligations of the trust are transferred to the other water entity; and

(c) any legal proceedings pending immediately before the transfer day and which were instituted by, or against, the trust may be continued by or against the other water entity; and

(d) any legal proceedings by, or against, the trust to enforce a right that had accrued, and was in existence, immediately before the transfer day may be commenced by or against the other water entity; and

(e) a judgment or order of a court obtained before the transfer day by or against the trust may be enforced by or against the other water entity; and

(f) a document addressed to the trust may be served on the other water entity; and

(g) a contract made or entered into by the trust before the transfer day but not performed or discharged before that day is taken to have been made or entered into by the other water entity.