Cap. 582 чл. 30Transfer of powers and responsibilities. 

(1) All licensing powers and all other duties and functions of the Department for Social Welfare Standards and of the

Director responsible for Welfare shall, upon the coming into force of this Act, be vested in the Authority and the Chief Executive Officer of the Social Care Standards Authority respectively, established under this Act:

Provided that any decision or licence granted by the Department for Social Welfare Standards before the coming into force of this Act shall continue to have effect as though the decision or licence had been given or granted under the relative provisions of this Act subject to the satisfaction of all conditions stipulated in this Act.

(2) Where any act or process has been commenced by or under the authority of the Government prior to the date of entry into force of this Act and such act or process is in relation to anything transferred to the Authority by virtue of this Act, such act or process may be carried on and completed by or under that authority of the Government.

(3) Where on the date of entry into force of this Act any legal proceeding is pending to which the Government is a party or is entitled to be a party and such proceeding has reference to anything transferred to the Authority by virtue of this Act, the Authority shall be substituted in such proceeding for the Government and shall be entitled to be so substituted.

(4) The Minister may by order make such incidental, consequential or supplementary provisions as may be necessary or expedient for the purpose of securing and giving full effect to the transfer of any undertaking or any right, power, liability or obligation to the Authority by or under this Act and may make such orders as may be necessary to make any powers and duties exercised by the Government, in relation to anything transferred to the Authority by virtue of this Act, exercisable by and on behalf of the Authority.

(5) The Minister may make regulations to give better effect to the provisions of this Act.