Section 4.
1In the construction and for the purposes of any Act of Parliament, judgment, decree, order, award, deed, contract, regulation, byelaw, or other document passed or made before the transfer to or from the Board from or to any other Government department of any powers or duties by or under this Act, but so far only as may be necessary for the purpose of such transfer, the name of the Board or of the Government department shall be substituted for the name of the other Government department or -of the Board, as the case may be.
2Where anything has been commenced by or under the authority of any other Government department or the Board before the transfer to the Board or another Government department of any powers or duties by or under this Act, and such thing is in relation to the powers or duties so transferred, such thing may be carried on and completed by or under the authority of the Board or the other Government department, as the case may be.
3Where at the time of the transfer of any powers or duties by or under this Act any legal proceeding is pending to which any Government department or the Board is a party, and such proceeding has reference to the powers and duties transferred by or under this Act, the Board or the other Government department shall be substituted in such proceeding for the other Government department or the Board, as the case may be, and such proceeding shall not abate by reason of the substitution.