Clause 54

The Building Control Act is repealed.

Any licence, permission, approval or other document prepared, made or granted under the repealed Act and valid immediately prior to the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been prepared, made or granted under the corresponding provision of this Act.

A valid and subsisting certificate of fitness for occupation issued under regulations made under the repealed Act or a valid and subsisting temporary occupation licence shall have the same force and effect as a certificate of statutory completion or temporary occupation permit, respectively, granted under this Act.

The powers conferred on the Building Authority by this Act may be exercised in respect of any building or structure erected in contravention of, or deemed to be unauthorised under, any written law relating to building control in force before the commencement of this Act, and such building or structure shall be deemed to be unauthorised for the purposes of this Act.

Where any written law or document refers expressly or by implication to a temporary occupation licence or to a certificate of fitness for occupation, the reference shall (except where the context otherwise requires) be construed as a reference to a temporary occupation permit or a certificate of statutory completion, respectively.