Section 39

Where on 1 September 1989 any disciplinary proceedings were pending against any employee of the Government or the former Authority who has been transferred to the service of the Authority under section 34, the proceedings are to be carried on and completed by the Authority under and in conformity with this Act as far as practicable; but where on that date any matter was in the course of being heard or investigated or had been heard or investigated by the Government, the former Authority or a committee acting under due authority and no order or decision had been rendered thereon, the Government, the former Authority or committee continues to exist, despite this Act, for the purpose of completing the hearing or investigation and the making of an order or rendering a decision, as the case may be.

For the purposes of completing a hearing or investigation before it, or making an order or rendering a decision on a matter heard or investigated before 1 September 1989, the Government, the former Authority or committee must complete the hearing or investigation in accordance with the authority vested in the Government, the former Authority or committee immediately before that date and make such order, rule or direction as the Government, the former Authority or committee could have made under the authority vested in it immediately before that date.

Any order, rule or direction made or given by the Government, the former Authority or committee pursuant to this section is treated as an order, rule or direction of the Authority and has the same force or effect as if it had been made or given by the Authority pursuant to the authority vested in the Authority under this Act.