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Transfer of functions of Examiner to Commission.
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7.—(1) The functions vested in the Examiner by the Act of 1978, other than by section 10 of that Act, are hereby transferred to the Commission.
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(2) References to the Examiner in the Act of 1978 or in any order made thereunder, other than in section 10 of that Act, shall be construed as references to the Commission.
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(3) Where, immediately before the commencement of this Act, any legal proceedings are pending to which the Examiner is a party and the proceedings have references to functions transferred by this section to the Commission, the name of the Commission, shall, in so far as the proceedings relate to any functions transferred by this section be substituted in the proceedings for that of the Examiner or added in the proceedings, as may be appropriate, and the proceedings shall not abate by reason of such substitution.
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(4) Anything commenced before the commencement of this Act by or under the authority of the Examiner may, so far as it relates to functions transferred by this section to the Commission, be carried out and completed on and after such commencement by the Commission.
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(5) Every document granted or made in the exercise of a function transferred by this section shall, if and so far as it was operative immediately before the commencement of this Act, have effect on and after such commencement as if it had been made by the Commission.
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