PART IX
SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
Persons already registered
39.—(1)  Every person who is registered under the provisions of the repealed Act immediately before 30th August 1991 shall be deemed to be a registered professional engineer under the provisions of this Act.
(2)  The Registrar shall transfer to the register of professional engineers the names of all persons on the register kept under section 6 of the repealed Act together with the dates of their respective registration and any other particulars appearing in that register.
Continuation of office of Board members, etc.
40.—(1)  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, a person who, immediately before 30th August 1991, held office as a member of the previous Board shall continue to hold office from that date as if appointed under the provisions of this Act and, subject to section 4, for the residue of his term of office.
(2)  The first Registrar of the Board shall be the person who, immediately before 30th August 1991, held office as the Registrar of the previous Board, and such person shall continue to hold office as if he had been appointed under section 8.
Transfer of assets and property
41.  On 30th August 1991, all assets and properties of every description and all powers, rights and privileges in connection therewith or appertaining thereto which immediately before that date were vested in the previous Board shall be transferred to and vest in the Board without further assurance.
Transitional
42.—(1)  On 30th August 1991, any scheme, contract, document, licence or resolution prepared, made, granted or approved by or on behalf of the previous Board shall continue and be deemed to have been prepared, made, granted or approved by the Board under this Act.
(2)  All obligations and liabilities of the previous Board existing immediately before the 30th August 1991 shall as from that date be the obligations and liabilities of the Board and the Board shall have all necessary powers to discharge them.
(3)  In any written law and in any document, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to the previous Board shall be construed as a reference to the Board.
(4)  Any proceedings or cause of action pending or existing immediately before 30th August 1991 by or against the previous Board, or any person acting on its behalf, may be continued and enforced by or against the Board.
Disciplinary proceedings
43.—(1)  Where on 30th August 1991 any disciplinary proceedings under section 12 of the repealed Act are pending against any person, the proceedings shall be carried on and completed by the Board; but where on that date any such matter was being heard or investigated or had been heard or investigated by the previous Board or any Investigation Committee appointed under the repealed Act and no order, report or decision had been rendered thereon, the previous Board or that Investigation Committee shall continue to exist to complete the hearing or investigation and make such order, report or decision as it could have under the provisions of the repealed Act.
(2)  Where pursuant to this section any order, report or decision is made by the previous Board or any Investigation Committee appointed under the repealed Act, that order, report or decision shall be treated as an order, report or decision of the Board or that Investigation Committee and have the same force and effect as if it had been made by the Board or an Investigation Committee pursuant to the provisions of this Act.
Certificates of registration
44.  Every certificate of registration issued under the repealed Act to any registered professional engineer which is valid immediately before 30th August 1991 shall not lapse but remain valid until the registration of the professional engineer is cancelled under this Act.
References in other written laws
45.  
(1)On the expiration of two months from and including 30th August 1991, all references in any other written law to registered professional engineers, or to persons registered under the provisions of the repealed Act, shall be read as references to registered professional engineers who have in force practising certificates within the meaning of this Act.