7.1  Binding on Successors and Assignees

This Agreement shall be binding on and shall enure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assignees. In the case of the Board, its successors shall include any person to which the [Scottish Ministers], in exercising their statutory powers to transfer property, rights and liabilities of the Board upon the Board ceasing to exist, transfers the rights and obligations of the Board under this Agreement.