14Investigative powers and related matters

14 Investigative powers and related matters

(1)  An inspector may, on or after the commencement day, perform or exercise a function or power of an inspector under the new Act for the purposes of –

(a) an investigation or legal proceeding in respect of an act, or omission, which occurred before the commencement day and that may constitute, before the commencement day, an offence under the former Act or former regulations; or

(b) any other matter under the former Act or former regulations that continues to have force or effect.

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

(a) a reference in the new Act to a contravention of that Act is to be taken to include a contravention of the former Act; and

(b) a reference in the new Act to an offence against that Act is to be taken to include an offence against the former Act.