(a) the Board constituted for the one State shall have all the powers and duties of a Board under this Act in respect of both States as if they constituted a single State;
(b) references in this Act to-
(c) the provisions of section 60 in relation to the assumption by the Board of the rights and liabilities of the State Government arising before the first constitution of the Board shall apply to the assumption by the Board of the rights and liabilities of the Government of the State to which the exercise of its functions under this Act is extended under the agreement, as if in that section for the words "before the first constitution of the Board " there were substituted the words and figure "before the date on which the agreement under section 6 came into force ".