Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of regulations 6 and 7(1) above, the successor company and any other person shall, as from the vesting date, have the same rights, powers and remedies (and in particular the same rights and powers as to the taking or resisting of legal proceedings or the taking or resisting of proceedings by or before any authority, arbiter or arbitrator) for ascertaining, perfecting or enforcing any right, liability or obligation transferred to the successor company by virtue of section 97 of the Act as he would have had if that right, liability or obligation had at all material times been a right, liability or obligation of the successor company.