2Where immediately before the date when an amalgamation scheme comes into operation a constable of a transferred force is entitled to appeal to the Secretary of State under section 30 of this Act, or where any such constable has appealed to the Secretary of State under the" said section before the said date but the appeal has not been determined, the disciplinary authority for the new force shall be the respondent for the purposes of the appeal and in the case of a pending appeal shall be substituted as respondent for the disciplinary authority of the transferred force.