Continuation and completion of disciplinary proceedings
9.—(1)  Where on the appointed day any disciplinary proceedings were pending against any employee of the Board transferred to the service of the Authority under section 6, the proceedings shall be carried on and completed by the Authority.
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(2)  Where on 1st October 2002 any matter 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 —
(a)complete the hearing or investigation; and
(b)make such order, ruling or direction as it could have made under the authority vested in it before that date.
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(3)  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 Authority and have the same force or effect as if it had been made by the Authority pursuant to the authority vested in the Authority under this Act.
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