Clause 17

Until other provision is made, the Singapore and Penang Harbour Boards Provident Fund Regulations, the Ports (Singapore Harbour Board) (Pension Scheme) Regulations, 1949, the Harbour Boards Superannuation Schemes Regulations, 1938, and the Singapore Harbour Board Regulations governing the Scale of Gratuities payable to employees in receipt of daily or hourly rates of pay, shall continue to apply to the Authority and to every person mentioned in paragraph (a) of section 16 of this Ordinance in the like manner as the said regulations applied to the Singapore Harbour Board and to persons in the employment of the Singapore Harbour Board immediately prior to the coming into operation of this Ordinance, and every reference to the Singapore Harbour Board or to its employees or to service or employment with the Singapore Harbour Board in the said regulations shall be construed respectively as a reference to the Authority or to persons mentioned in paragraph (a) of section 16 of this Ordinance or to service or employment with the Authority in respect of such persons. [G.N. Nos. S 9/56 S 386/493328/38.]

Subject to the provisions of the said regulations, every such person may count his previous service with the Singapore Harbour Board for the purpose of determining the benefits to which he becomes entitled under subsection (1) of this section.