Clause 21

Any licence, permit, document, application, approval, permission, order, direction, ruling or notice issued, made, given, granted or approved by the Commissioner of Public Health immediately before the appointed day under section 32, 37, 40 or 41 of the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95) in relation to or in connection with a food establishment used for any of the purposes specified in the Second Schedule of the principal Act (as inserted by this Act) shall, so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of the principal Act (as amended by this Act) and except as otherwise expressly provided in the principal Act (as amended by this Act) or any other written law, continue and be deemed to have been issued, made, given, granted or approved under the corresponding provisions of the principal Act (as amended by this Act) by the Director-General, Agri-Food and Veterinary Services.

Any licence, permit, document, application, approval, permission, order, direction, ruling or notice issued, made, given, granted or approved by the Director of Food Administration immediately before the appointed day under the principal Act shall, so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of the principal Act (as amended by this Act) and except as otherwise expressly provided in the principal Act (as amended by this Act) or any other written law, continue and be deemed to have been issued, made, given, granted or approved under the corresponding provisions of the principal Act (as amended by this Act) by the Director-General, Agri-Food and Veterinary Services.

In this section, “appointed day” means the date of commencement of the Sale of Food (Amendment) Act 2002.