24. Existing contracts

All deeds, bonds, agreements, instruments and arrangements subsisting immediately before 1 January 2008 to which the Board, or any person acting on its behalf, is a party and relating to —

the national metrology centre of the Board;

any property, asset, interest, right, privilege, liability or obligation transferred to and vested in the Agency under section 22; or

any employee of the Board transferred to the service of the Agency under section 23,continue in force on and after that date and are enforceable by or against the Agency as if, instead of the Board or the person acting on its behalf, the Agency had been named therein or had been a party thereto.