32.—(1) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Act of 1989 by section 4—

(a) the National Authority for Occupational Safety and Health shall continue in being and shall from the commencement of this Act be known as the Health and Safety Authority (and in this Act referred to as the “Authority”), and

(b) anything commenced but not completed before the commencement of that section by the Authority may be carried on and completed by it after such commencement as if that Act had not been repealed.

(2) Where, immediately before the commencement of section 4, any legal proceedings are pending to which the National Authority for Occupational Safety and Health is a party, the name of the Authority shall be substituted in the proceedings for that of the National Authority for Occupational Safety and Health and the proceedings shall not abate by reason of such substitution.

(3) The Authority shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and an official seal and with power—

(a) to sue and be sued in its corporate name, and

(b) with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance, to acquire, hold and dispose of land or an interest in land, and to acquire, hold and dispose of any other property.

(4) Schedule 5 applies to the Authority.