Clause 78

The Clean Air Act (Cap. 45) is repealed.

Any scheme, contract, document, licence, permission or resolution prepared, made, granted or approved under the repealed Clean Air Act (Cap. 45), the repealed Water Pollution Control and Drainage Act (Cap. 348) (repealed by the Sewerage and Drainage Act 1999) or the Poisons Act (Cap. 234) in relation to poisons specified in the repealed Part II of the Poisons List in the Schedule to the Poisons Act shall, so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act and except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act or in any other written law, continue and be deemed to have been prepared, made, granted or approved under the corresponding provisions of this Act.

Any subsidiary legislation made under the repealed Clean Air Act and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall, so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continue in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 by subsidiary legislation made under this Act.

The enactments mentioned in the Fourth Schedule shall have effect subject to the amendments to the extent therein specified (being amendments consequential on the preceding provisions of this Act).

The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, repeal or amend any written law which appears to him to be unnecessary having regard to the provisions of this Act or to be inconsistent with any provision of this Act.