tion may be enforced only by or against the port authority.
(4) The rights and obligations of a port authority referred to in subsection (1) that was, immediately before the coming into force of this subsection, a non-corporate port within the meaning of the Canada Ports Corporation Act are as follows:
(a) the corporate name of the port authority is substituted for that of the Canada Ports Corporation or any of its predecessors in every contract, collective agreement, lease, licence, permit or other document entered into or granted by the Canada Ports Corporation or any of its predecessors in respect of the port;
(b) the real property, and any rights related to the property, that form part of the port and that the Canada Ports Corporation administers, or the title to which it holds, on behalf of Her Majesty in right of Canada, whether or not in its own name, remain the property and rights of Her Majesty;
(c) the management of the federal real property set out in the letters patent, and any rights related to the property, is conferred on the port authority;
(d) the personal property, and any rights related to the property, that relate to the port and that the Canada Ports Corporation administers, or the title to which it holds, on behalf of Her Majesty in right of Canada, whether or not in its own name, become the property and rights of the port authority;
(e) an existing cause of action, proceeding, claim, liability or other obligation. in respect of the port is unaffected except that any judgment or order is to be satisfied first by the port authority;
(f) a civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding pending by or against the Canada Ports Corporation in respect of the port may be continued only by or against the port authority; and
(g) subject to paragraph (e), a conviction against, or a ruling, order or judgment in favour of or against, the Canada Ports Corporation in respect of the port may be enforced only by or against the port authority.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), the Minister may fix the limits of a non-corporate port that is to be managed by a port authority and settle any question that arises in respect of the property, rights or obligations of the port authority.
11. (1) The directors or commissioners of the bodies that become port authorities under section 10 cease to hold office on the day referred to in section 16 and have no right to claim or receive any compensation, damages, indemnity or other form of relief from Her Majesty in right of Canada or from any servant or agent of Her Majesty for ceasing to hold office by virtue of this Part.
(2) Neither the port authority nor Her Majesty in right of Canada is bound by any severance agreement entered into between a predecessor of the port authority and any of its officers after December 1, 1995.
Directors
12. (1) The directors of a port authority shall be appointed as follows:
(a) the Governor in Council appoints one individual nominated by the Minister,
(b) the municipalities mentioned in the letters patent appoint one individual;
(c) the province or provinces mentioned in the letters patent appoint one or two individuals as mentioned in the letters patent;
(d) the chief executive officer is appointed under subsection 19(1); and
