(1)The Dock Workers Employment Scheme 1967 made under the [1946 c. 22.] Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act 1946 shall, together with that Act, cease to have effect on the date of the passing of this Act.
(2)Any local dock labour board or other body constituted in accordance with the 1967 Scheme shall accordingly cease to exist on that date.
(3)Notwithstanding that Clause 3(1)(g) of the 1967 Scheme (functions of the National Dock Labour Board as to training and welfare) is, by virtue of subsection (1), no longer to apply to the Board, the Board shall continue during the transitional period to have power to make provision for the training and welfare of dock workers (within the meaning of the Scheme), including provision for port medical services.
(4)In this Act “the transitional period” means the period beginning with the date of the passing of this Act and ending on the date on which the Board is dissolved in accordance with section 2.