50Appearance of Board in court

50 Appearance of Board in court

(1)  If immediately before the commencement day the Board is appearing before a court, the Board may elect –

(a) to continue that appearance; or

(b) to request the Secretary to appear before the court in its place; or

(c) to abandon its appearance before the court.

(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1)  –

(a) the Board is taken to continue in effect for as long as is necessary; and

(b) section 3D of the repealed Act continues to apply; and

(c) an authorization given under section 3D(2) continues to have effect; and

(d) a reference in section 3D of the repealed Act to the Board is taken to be a reference to the Board or the Secretary, as the case requires, despite section 41(2)(a) of this Act.