Singapore legislation
Clause 54
Clause 54
Saving and transitional provisions
(1)
Every licence under the repealed Act that, immediately before the appointed day, is in force for a child care centre (called in this section an existing regulated child care centre) is deemed to be a licence granted under this Act subject to the same conditions (if applicable) of the licence under the repealed Act, and continues in force as if this Act had not been enacted until the earlier of the following:
expiry of the licence under the repealed Act;
24 months after the appointed day.
(2)
Section 6 of this Act does not apply to a kindergarten that, immediately before the appointed day, is registered under the Education Act (Cap. 87) (called in this section an existing regulated kindergarten) and its registration under that Act continues to be in force in respect of that kindergarten as if that section had not been enacted, until the earlier of the following:
the day that the kindergarten is granted a licence under this Act;
12 months after the appointed day.
(3)
Every individual (whether or not he or she is an employee of an operator of an existing regulated child care centre or existing regulated kindergarten) who, immediately before the appointed day, is deployed by that operator to undertake any duty which is a prescribed duty under Part 3 of this Act at that centre or kindergarten, is deemed to be an individual whose deployment at that centre or kindergarten to perform that duty is approved by the Chief Licensing Officer under this Act for a period of 24 months after the appointed day.
(4)
Subsection (5) applies if, before the appointed day, an application for a licence was made under the repealed Act but the application has not been decided immediately before that day.
(5)
The application must be considered and decided under this Act as if the application were made under section 7.
(6)
An application for registration of a kindergarten as a school made under the Education Act before the appointed day but not decided immediately before that day lapses on that day.
(7)
Where —
an appeal has been made to the Minister under the repealed Act in relation to an existing regulated child care centre; or
an appeal has been made to the Minister or the Appeals Board under the Education Act in relation to an existing regulated kindergarten,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has not been dealt with or disposed of immediately before the appointed day, the appeal may be dealt with under the repealed Act or the Education Act (as the case may be) as if this Act had not been enacted.
(8)
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;
the continued operation or force of any order or decision of the Director of Social Welfare made under the repealed Act before the appointed day; and
any right of appeal accrued before the appointed day in respect of any order or decision mentioned in paragraph (b).
(9)
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.
(10)
For a period of 2 years after the 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.
(11)
In this section, “appointed day” means the day this Act comes into operation.