Continuation and completion of disciplinary proceedings
26.—(1) Where, on the appointed day —
(a)
any disciplinary proceedings were pending against any employee of the Board transferred to the service of the Agency under section 23, the proceedings shall be carried on and completed by the Agency; and
(b)
any matter against any employee so transferred was in the course of being heard or investigated or had been heard or investigated by a committee acting under due authority but no order, ruling or direction had been made thereon, the committee shall complete the hearing or investigation and shall make such order, ruling or direction as it could have made under the authority vested in it before that day.
(2) Any order, ruling or direction made by a committee under this section shall be treated as an order, a ruling or a direction of the Agency and have the same force or effect as if it had been made by the Agency pursuant to the authority vested in the Agency under this Act.