Commentary Part 6: Planning Chapter 6: Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects Section 129: Transitional provision in connection with abolition
339.Section 129 enables the Secretary of State to make transitional provision governing how applications, or proposed applications, to the Infrastructure Planning Commission should be handled once the Infrastructure Planning Commission has been abolished. This section provides the Secretary of State with a power of direction to enable:
	the effect after abolition of things done before abolition to be specified
	the Act as it applied before abolition to continue to apply, with modifications if necessary
	the Act as it applies after abolition to apply with modifications
	Commissioners appointed to a panel or as a single Commissioner to continue to provide this service after abolition
	other transitional and savings provision to be made.