14Pending proceedings before an abolished body

14 Pending proceedings before an abolished body

14 Pending proceedings before an abolished body

(1) If proceedings were commenced but not heard by an abolished body before its abolition, the proceedings are taken to have been duly commenced in the ADT.

(2) If an abolished body had commenced to hear (but had not determined) a matter before its abolition, the person or persons hearing the matter:

(a) are to continue to hear the matter, and to determine the matter, sitting as the ADT, and

(b) have and may exercise, while sitting as the ADT under this clause, all the functions that the abolished body had immediately before its abolition.

(2A) A decision made under this clause is taken to be an appealable decision for the purposes of Part 1 of Chapter 7.

(3) This clause applies despite any contrary provision of this Act.