Singapore legislation
Clause 37
Clause 37
Saving and transitional provisions
(1)
Any person who, immediately before the appointed day, is the Licensing Officer or an Assistant Licensing Officer under the repealed Act continues to hold office as the Licensing Officer or Assistant Licensing Officer, as the case may be, as if appointed under section 3 of this Act, and their respective appointments are to expire on the date the appointment would have expired if this Act had not been enacted.
(2)
Every licence under the repealed Act that, immediately before the appointed day, is in force for an establishment for massage is to continue and be treated as a licence granted under this Act subject to the same conditions (if applicable) of the licence under the repealed Act.
(3)
An application for a licence made under the repealed Act that is pending immediately before the appointed day must be considered and determined under this Act as if the application were made under section 6 of this Act.
(4)
Every approval for a licensee of an establishment for massage to employ an individual to work in the establishment for massage, granted by the Licensing Officer under rule 7 of the Massage Establishments Rules (Cap. 173, R 1) as in force immediately before the appointed day, is taken to be an approval granted under section 15 of this Act, and continues until the expiry of the approval under those Rules.
(5)
Any condition to which an approval, granted by the Licensing Officer under rule 7 of the Massage Establishments Rules that is in force immediately before the appointed day, is subject and that is in force immediately before that day, continues to have effect as a condition of the approval taken to be granted under section 15 of this Act.
(6)
Where an appeal has been made to the Minister under the repealed Act in relation to —
the forfeiture of security;
the refusal of a licence; or (c)the revocation of a licence,and the appeal has not been dealt with or disposed of immediately before the appointed day, the appeal may be dealt with under the repealed Act as if this Act had not been enacted.
(7)
This Act does not affect —
any investigation commenced under the repealed Act before the appointed day, and every such investigation may be continued and everything in relation to such investigation may be done in all respects after that day as if this Act had not been enacted; and
any right of appeal accrued before the appointed day in respect of any order or decision made under the repealed Act before that day.
(8)
Every subsidiary legislation made under the repealed Act and in force immediately before the appointed day continues in force as if made under this Act, so far as the subsidiary legislation is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act and until the subsidiary legislation is revoked or repealed under this Act.
(9)
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.
(10)
In this section, “appointed day” means the day this Act comes into operation.