Singapore legislation
Clause 12
of Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) (Amendment) Bill
Clause 12
Saving and transitional provisions
(1)
The principal Act in force immediately before the appointed day shall continue to apply to the following as if this Act had not been enacted:
a payment made to the Public Trustee as trustee for the person entitled to the benefit of the payment by an insurer or the owner of a motor vehicle (in respect of the death or bodily injury to any person arising out of the use of a motor vehicle on a road in Singapore or in any territory specified in the Schedule to the principal Act in force immediately before the appointed day) pursuant to a settlement agreement made before the appointed day; and
a judgment of the court made before the appointed day which is referred to in section 9(1) of the principal Act in force immediately before the appointed day.
(2)
For a period of 2 years after the appointed day, the Minister charged with the responsibility for the Public Trustee’s department may, by rules, prescribe such provisions of a saving or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of any provision of this Act as he may consider necessary or expedient.
(3)
In this section, “appointed day” means the date of commencement of this Act.