7Savings for agreements, deeds, actions, etc.
Such of the following as immediately before the operative day were existing or pending in favour of, or against, the Whitehaven companies—
(a)all agreements, appointments, awards, contracts, deeds and other instruments, and
(b)all actions and proceedings and causes of action or proceedings,
shall on and from the operative day continue and may be carried into effect, enforced and prosecuted by, or in favour of, or against, the Commissioners to the same extent and in like manner as if the Commissioners instead of the Whitehaven companies had been party to, or interested in, the same respectively.