s 73 Continuance of civil and criminal proceedings
(1) Neither the repeal under section 64 nor anything contained in this Act shall affect any person’s liability to be prosecuted or punished for offences committed under the repealed Acts before the appointed day, or any proceedings brought before that day in respect of such offences. (2) Any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, or cause of action pending or existing before the appointed day by or against the dissolved Boards or the dissolved Institute or any person acting on behalf of the dissolved Boards or the dissolved Institute may be continued or instituted by or against the Board as it might have been by or against the dissolved Boards, the dissolved Institute or such person if this Act had not been enacted. (3) Any appeal brought or any leave to appeal applied for on or after the appointed day against a decision given before that day in any legal proceedings to which the dissolved Boards were or the dissolved Institute was a party may be brought by or against the Board.