Continuation and completion of disciplinary proceedings
30.—(1) Where on 1st October 1982 any disciplinary proceedings were pending before the Postal Department or the former Telecommunication Authority, the proceedings shall be carried on and completed 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 by the Postal Department or the former Telecommunication Authority or had been heard or investigated by the Postal Department or the former Telecommunication Authority, and no order or decision had been rendered thereon, the Postal Department or the former Telecommunication Authority 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.
(2) 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 1st October 1982, the Postal Department or the former Telecommunication Authority shall complete the hearing or investigation in accordance with the authority vested in the Postal Department or the former Telecommunication Authority immediately before that date and make such order, rule or direction as the Postal Department or the former Telecommunication Authority could have made under the authority vested in it immediately before that date.
(3) Any order, rule or direction made or given by the Postal Department or the former Telecommunication Authority pursuant to this section shall be treated as an order, rule or direction of the Corporation and have the same force or effect as if it had been made or given by the Corporation pursuant to the authority vested in the Corporation under this Act.