Continuation and completion of disciplinary proceedings
25.—(1) Where on 1st January 1983 any disciplinary proceedings were pending against any employee of the Government or the Timber Industry Board transferred to the service of the Board the proceedings shall be carried on and completed by the Board; but where, on that date, any matter was in the course of being heard or investigated or had been heard or investigated by a committee acting under the authority of the Government or the Timber Industry Board but no order or decision had been rendered thereon, the committee shall complete the hearing or investigation and make such order, ruling or direction as it could have made under the authority vested in it before the appointed day.
(2) An order, ruling or direction made or given by a committee pursuant to this section shall be treated as an order, ruling or direction of the Board and have the same force or effect as if it had been made or given by the Board pursuant to the authority vested in the Board under this Act.