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251: Exercise of powers of Authority before close of 31 January 2001
or “The boss of the old job court can act like the new job court until the end of January 2001.”
You could also call this:

“The Authority can finish up old cases and do other jobs that the Tribunal used to do after it closed down.”

After 31 January 2001, the Chief of the Authority can choose any member of the Authority to do two things. First, they can finish any unresolved cases from section 247 in the name of the Employment Tribunal. These are cases that weren’t finished by the Employment Tribunal before 31 January 2001 or by a temporary Employment Tribunal member after that date. Second, they can carry out any other duties that the Employment Tribunal or its temporary members were supposed to do according to this law.

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Part 11 General provisions
Transitional provisions

252Exercise by Authority of powers of Tribunal after 31 January 2001

  1. Despite the repeals effected by this Act, the Chief of the Authority may from time to time appoint any member of the Authority—

  2. to determine and complete, in the name of the Employment Tribunal, any proceedings under section 247 that are not determined either before the close of 31 January 2001 by the Employment Tribunal or after the close of 31 January 2001 by a temporary member of the Employment Tribunal appointed under section 250:
    1. to exercise any other jurisdiction conferred on the Employment Tribunal or any temporary member of the Employment Tribunal by this Act.