s 26 Continuation and completion of disciplinary proceedings
26.—(1) Where on 1 April 2001 any disciplinary proceedings were pending against any person transferred to the service of the Office under section 22, the proceedings must be carried on and completed by the Office. (2) Where on 1 April 2001 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 decision had been made thereon, the committee must complete the hearing or investigation and may 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 pursuant to this section is treated as an order, a ruling or a direction of the Office and has the same force or effect as if it had been made by the Office pursuant to the authority vested in the Office under this Act.