Clause 31

Where, on the date of the coming into operation of this Act, any disciplinary proceedings were pending before STB or TAS, the proceedings shall be taken up and continued under and in conformity with the provisions of this Act and so far as consistently may be; but where, on the date of the coming into operation of this Act, any matter was in the course of being heard or investigated by STB or TAS or had been heard or investigated by STB or TAS but no order or decision had been rendered thereon, STB or TAS shall continue to exist, notwithstanding 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 the date of the coming into operation of this Act, STB or TAS shall complete the hearing or investigation in accordance with the authority vested in STB or TAS immediately before the date of coming into operation of this Act and make such order, rule or direction as STB or TAS should have made under the authority vested in it immediately before the date of the coming into operation of this Act.

An order, rule or direction made or given by STB or TAS pursuant to this section shall be entered as an order, rule or direction of the Authority and have 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.