s 9 Continuation and completion of disciplinary proceedings
9.—(1) Where on 1 October 2002 any disciplinary proceedings were pending against any employee of the Board transferred to the service of the Authority under section 6, the proceedings must be carried on and completed by the Authority. (2) Where on 1 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 on the matter, the committee must —(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. (3) Any order, ruling or direction made by a committee under this section is to be treated as an order, a ruling or a direction of the Authority and has 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.