Singapore legislation
Clause 11
Clause 11
Savings and transitional provisions
(1)
Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the provisions of the principal Act as amended by this Act shall not apply with respect to any claim for compensation, or any right or obligation, in respect of any personal injury caused by any accident that occurred before the date of commencement of the Work Injury Compensation (Amendment) Act 2011 (referred to in this section as the appointed day), and the provisions of the principal Act in force immediately before the appointed day shall continue to apply with respect to any such claim for compensation, right or obligation as if this Act had not been enacted.
(2)
Section 4 of the principal Act in force immediately before the appointed day shall continue to apply, as if this Act had not been enacted, to any claim for compensation, or any right or obligation, in respect of any occupational disease specified in the first column of the Second Schedule in force immediately before the appointed day —
that is contracted before the appointed day; or
that is contracted on or after the appointed day and the employee ceased, before the appointed day, to be employed in the occupation opposite the occupational disease specified in the second column of that Second Schedule.
(3)
Sections 4, 7, 8 and 9 of this Act shall apply with respect to any claim for compensation, or any right or obligation, in respect of any personal injury caused by any accident, whether that accident occurred before, on or after the appointed day.