89(1)Subject to this section, proceedings relating to any matter before the Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities on the commencement of this section, including any matter that is in the course of being heard or investigated by the Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities shall be continued by the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board.

89(2)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may direct that proceedings in respect of which no decision has been made shall be

89(3)Where in any proceeding continued under this section any evidence was heard by a member of the Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities, that person may, on the request of the Chairperson of the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board, continue to hear the matter and that person is deemed to be a member of the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board for the specific purpose of the expeditious completion of the proceedings, after which time that member shall cease to hold office.

89(4)A person referred to in subsection (3) who is deemed to be a member of the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board under that subsection shall be paid in a manner that is consistent with the remuneration the person was receiving immediately before the commencement of this section, unless the Lieutenant-Governor in Council orders otherwise.

89(5)Notwithstanding any provision of the Electricity Act, the Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities shall not commence any hearings under section 123 of the Electricity Act, effective as of the date that this provision was introduced as part of a bill in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.

89(6)Hearings referred to in subsection (5) may only be commenced by the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board after the commencement of section 3.

89(1)Subject to this section, proceedings relating to any matter before the Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities on the commencement of this section, including any matter that is in the course of being heard or investigated by the Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities shall be continued by the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board.

89(2)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may direct that proceedings in respect of which no decision has been made shall be

89(3)Where in any proceeding continued under this section any evidence was heard by a member of the Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities, that person may, on the request of the Chairperson of the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board, continue to hear the matter and that person is deemed to be a member of the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board for the specific purpose of the expeditious completion of the proceedings, after which time that member shall cease to hold office.

89(4)A person referred to in subsection (3) who is deemed to be a member of the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board under that subsection shall be paid in a manner that is consistent with the remuneration the person was receiving immediately before the commencement of this section, unless the Lieutenant-Governor in Council orders otherwise.

89(5)Notwithstanding any provision of the Electricity Act, the Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities shall not commence any hearings under section 123 of the Electricity Act, effective as of the date that this provision was introduced as part of a bill in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.

89(6)Hearings referred to in subsection (5) may only be commenced by the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board after the commencement of section 3.