Singapore legislation

Clause 77

Savings and transitional provisions

(1)

Any person who, immediately before the appointed day, is a member of the Pharmacy Board under the repealed Act shall, as from that day, continue office as if appointed as a member of the Council in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and his appointment shall expire on the date his appointment would have expired if this Act had not been enacted.

(2)

Every person who is registered under the repealed Act immediately before the appointed day shall, as from that day, be deemed to be a registered pharmacist under this Act and the Registrar shall transfer to the Register of Pharmacists the names, addresses, qualifications and other particulars of such persons which appear, immediately before the appointed day, in the register kept under section 5 of the repealed Act.

(3)

The Registrar may, in carrying out the transfer under subsection (2), omit the particulars of any person known to the Registrar to be deceased.

(4)

For the avoidance of doubt, sections 26, 48 and 52 of this Act shall also apply to any person whose name was removed from the register kept under the repealed Act.

(5)

Any certificate of registration issued under section 8(7) of the repealed Act shall, if still in force immediately before the appointed day, be deemed as from that day to be a certificate of registration issued under section 22 of the Act and be subject to the provisions of this Act.

(6)

Any annual certificate issued under the repealed Act which is in force immediately before the appointed day shall, as from that day —

(a)

be deemed to be a practising certificate issued under this Act;

(b)

be subject to the provisions of this Act that are applicable to practising certificates; and

(c)

expire on the date on which it would have expired had this Act not been in force and be renewable in accordance with section 23 of this Act.

(7)

This Act shall not affect —

(a)

any disciplinary proceeding, inquiry or investigation commenced or pending under the repealed Act before the appointed day, and every such proceeding may be continued and everything in relation thereto may be done in all respects after that day as if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the continued operation or force of any finding or order following every such proceeding made under the repealed Act before the appointed day; and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 finding or order, and where the appeal has been made under the repealed Act but has not been dealt with or disposed of immediately before that day, the appeal may be dealt with as if this Act had not been enacted.

(8)

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

(9)

Any reference in any written law or document to the Pharmacy Board shall be read as a reference to the Singapore Pharmacy Council.

(10)

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.

(11)

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.

(12)

In this section —

Definition

“appointed day” means the date of commencement of this Act;

Definition

“Pharmacy Board” means the Pharmacy Board established under section 3 of the repealed Act.

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