Clause 42

This Act shall not apply to any investigation, proceedings or appeal commenced under the repealed Act before the appointed day and that is still pending on that day, and the provisions of the repealed Act shall continue to apply to such investigation, proceedings or appeal as if this Act had not been enacted.

For the purposes of subsection (1), the Contact Lens Practitioners Board shall continue to exist to complete its hearing of any proceedings that are pending on the appointed day and make such order or decision as it could have made under the repealed Act.

Any order or decision made by the Contact Lens Practitioners Board pursuant to the provisions of the repealed Act shall be deemed to be, and shall have the same force and effect of, an order or decision made by the Optometrists and Opticians Board under this Act.

Nothing in this section shall prejudice section 16 of the Interpretation Act (Cap. 1).