Singapore legislation
Clause 85
Clause 85
Saving and transitional provisions
(1)
Any guard or watchman of a protected area or a protected place whose authorisation under section 3 of the repealed Act (to exercise the powers of an authorised officer under the repealed Act in respect of that protected area or that protected place) is in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 6 of this Act —
may continue to be deployed to guard that protected area or that protected place for a period of one year after the date of commencement of section 6 of this Act (called in this section the permitted deployment); and
is deemed, during the permitted deployment, to be an authorised officer of that protected area or that protected place under this Act.
(2)
Where any area in Singapore is a protected area under section 4(1) of the repealed Act immediately before the date of commencement of section 8(1) of this Act —
the area is deemed to be a protected area declared under section 8(1) of this Act;
the order made under section 4(1) of the repealed Act declaring the area to be a protected area is deemed to be a protected area order made under section 8(1) of this Act (called in this section the deemed protected area order);
the person designated as the authority of the protected area in the order made under section 4(1) of the repealed Act is deemed to be designated as the authority of the protected area in the deemed protected area order under section 9(1) of this Act; and
section 12 of this Act applies to the authority of the protected area with the modification that a reference to the effective date of a protected area order in that section is a reference to the date of commencement of that section.
(3)
Where any premises in Singapore is a protected place under section 5(1) of the repealed Act immediately before the date of commencement of section 14(1) of this Act —
the premises is deemed to be a protected place declared under section 14(1) of this Act;
the order made under section 5(1) of the repealed Act declaring the premises to be a protected place is deemed to be a protected place order made under section 14(1) of this Act (called in this section the deemed protected place order);
the person designated as the authority of the protected place in the order made under section 5(1) of the repealed Act is deemed to be designated as the authority of the protected place in the deemed protected place order under section 15(1) of this Act; and
section 18 of this Act applies to the authority of the protected place with the modification that a reference to the effective date of a protected place order in that section is a reference to the date of commencement of that section.
(4)
A pass-card or permit that is issued under section 5(1) of the repealed Act and remains valid immediately before the date of commencement of section 20(1)(a) of this Act is deemed to be a permit issued under section 20(1)(a) of this Act.
(5)
Any authorisation by the Minister under section 10(1) of the repealed Act of any step or measure for the protection of a protected area or a protected place that is in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 25 of this Act is deemed to be an authorisation by the Minister under section 25(1) of this Act to implement a measure for the protection of that protected area or that protected place.
(6)
This section does not affect the operation of, or derogate from, section 16 of the Interpretation Act (Cap. 1).
(7)
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 may consider necessary or expedient.