Singapore legislation

Section 43

Transitional and savings provisions

(1)

Any person who, immediately before the appointed day, is appointed under the repealed Act as the licensing officer or an assistant licensing officer shall be deemed to be appointed as the licensing officer and an assistant licensing officer, respectively, under section 4 of this Act, and their respective appointments shall expire on the date the appointment would have expired if this Act had not been enacted.

(2)

Every person who, immediately before the appointed day, has a private investigator agency’s licence to carry on the business of a private investigator under section 7 of the repealed Act shall be deemed to be the holder of a private investigation agency’s licence under this Act, and the licence shall expire on the date it would have expired if this Act had not been enacted.

(3)

Every person who, immediately before the appointed day, has a security guard agency licence under section 7 of the repealed Act shall be deemed to be the holder of a security agency’s licence under this Act, and the licence shall expire on the date it would have expired if this Act had not been enacted.

(4)

Every person who, immediately before the appointed day —

(a)

is approved by the licensing officer under the repealed Act to be employed to assist the holder of a private investigator’s licence in the work of a private investigator; or

(b)

is approved by the licensing officer under the repealed Act to be employed to assist the holder of a security guard agency’s licence in the work of a security guard,shall be deemed to be granted a private investigator’s licence and a security officer’s licence, respectively, under this Act which shall expire 5 years after the appointed day, unless it is earlier revoked.

(5)

Any application for a licence under the provisions of the repealed Act before the appointed day and which application was not dealt with before that day shall, where applicable, be deemed to be an application for a licence under the corresponding provisions of this Act.

(6)

Where an appeal has been made to the Minister under the repealed Act and the appeal has not been dealt with or disposed of immediately before the appointed day, the appeal may be dealt with in accordance with that repealed section as if this Act had not been enacted.

(7)

This Act shall not affect —

(a)

any investigation or inquiry commenced by the licensing officer or pending under the repealed Act before the appointed day, and every such investigation or inquiry may be continued and everything in relation thereto may be done in all respects after that day as if this Act had not been enacted;

(b)

the continued operation or force of any order or decision of the licensing officer made under the repealed Act before the appointed day; and

(c)

any right of appeal accrued before the appointed day in respect of any such order or decision.

(8)

Any subsidiary legislation made under the repealed Act and in force immediately before the appointed day shall, so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continue in force as if made under this Act until it is revoked or repealed.

(9)

For a period of 2 years after the appointed day, the Minister may, by regulations, prescribe such other transitional, incidental and consequential matters arising from the repeal of the repealed Act, as he may consider necessary or expedient.

(10)

Any written law or document referring to the repealed Act or any provision thereof shall, as far as may be necessary for preserving its effect, be construed as referring or as including a reference to this Act or the corresponding provision in this Act, as the case may be.

(11)

In this section, “appointed day” means the date of commencement of this Act.

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