81.— (1) Subsection (2) applies where the Executive commenced but did not complete before the relevant date—

(a) the performance of a function under this Act or any other enactment, or

(b) the taking of an action or the doing of a thing for the purposes of this Act or any other enactment.

(2) The Board may, on or after the relevant date, complete—

(a) the performance of that function, or

(b) the taking of that action or the doing of that thing,

to the extent that to do so is not inconsistent with, in the case of paragraph (a), the Board’s functions under this Act or any other enactment and, in the case of paragraph (b), the actions that the Board may take or the things that the Board may do for the purposes of this Act or any other enactment.

(3) Subsection (4) applies where the Director General commenced but did not complete before the relevant date—

(a) the performance of a function under this Act or any other enactment other than an excluded function, or

(b) the taking of an action or the doing of a thing for the purposes of this Act or any other enactment other than an excluded action or thing.

(4) The chief executive officer may, on or after the relevant date, complete—

(a) the performance of that function, or

(b) the taking of that action or the doing of that thing,

to the extent that to do so is not inconsistent with, in the case of paragraph (a), the officer’s functions under this Act or any other enactment and, in the case of paragraph (b), the actions that the officer may take or the things that the officer may do for the purposes of this Act or any other enactment.

(5) Subject to subsection (6), a relevant delegation or relevant subdelegation shall, subject to its terms, continue to have effect on and after the relevant date.

(6) The chief executive officer may vary or revoke a relevant delegation or relevant subdelegation made by the Director General.

(7) In this section—

"excluded action or thing", in relation to the Director General, means an action taken, or a thing done, by the Director General for the purpose of this Act or any other enactment in his or her capacity as a member of the Directorate or as the chairperson of the Directorate;

"excluded function", in relation to the Director General, means a function of the Director General in his or her capacity as a member of the Directorate or as the chairperson of the Directorate;

"relevant date" means the date of commencement of section 31 of the Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2019;

"relevant delegation" means a delegation made in accordance with this Act before the relevant date and which was in force immediately before that date;

"relevant subdelegation" means a subdelegation made in accordance with this Act before the relevant date and which was in force immediately before that date.]