Singapore legislation
Clause 11
Clause 11
Saving and transitional provisions
(1)
Sections 2, 7, 7A, 7B, 7C, 8A and 12 of the principal Act, as in force immediately before the date of commencement of this subsection, and Parts IV and V of the principal Act, continue to apply to every employee born before 1 July 1952 and every employer of such an employee as if sections 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 had not been enacted.
(2)
Subject to subsection (3), no employer may reduce the salary of any employee under the repealed section 5 on or after the date of commencement of section 3, despite any notice to the employee under subsection (3) of the repealed section 5, or any agreement by the employee to the reduction, given before that date.
(3)
If, before the date of commencement of section 3, the salary of an employee has been reduced under the repealed section 5 —
the repeal of section 5 does not invalidate or render unlawful that reduction in the employee’s salary, and the reduced salary continues to apply unless the employer and the employee agree otherwise; but(b)the employee’s salary cannot be further reduced under the repealed section 5 on or after the date of commencement of section 3.
(4)
In subsections (2) and (3), “the repealed section 5” means section 5 of the principal Act as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 3.
(5)
For a period of 2 years after the date of commencement of any provision of this Act, the Minister may, by regulations, prescribe such additional provisions of a saving or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of that provision as the Minister considers to be necessary or expedient.