Singapore legislation

Clause 10

of Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill

Clause 10

Saving and transitional provisions

(1)

Every employee of the Authority who, immediately before the appointed day, is specially authorised by name by the Minister charged with the responsibility for transport under section 133(7) or 135(1) of the principal Act in force immediately before that day shall be deemed to be specially authorised by name under that section as amended by this Act, except that such authorisation shall expire on the day the authorisation would have expired if this Act had not been enacted.

(2)

For a period of 2 years after the date of commencement of any provision of this Act, the Minister charged with the responsibility for transport may, by rules, prescribe such provisions of a saving or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of that provision as he may consider necessary or expedient.

(3)

In this section, “appointed day” means —

(a)

in the case of an authorisation referred to in subsection (1) that is made under section 133(7) of the principal Act in force immediately before that day, the date of commencement of section 8 of this Act; and

(b)

in the case of an authorisation referred to in subsection (1) that is made under section 135(1) of the principal Act in force immediately before that day, the date of commencement of section 9 of this Act.