Clause 16

Section 2(2) of the principal Act as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 3 continues to apply in respect of any scheduled species brought into Singapore before that date for the purpose of determining whether the scheduled species is in transit in Singapore on or after that date, as if section 3 had not been enacted.

To avoid doubt, section 5 of the principal Act as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 4 continues to apply to any scheduled species that is in transit in Singapore (as defined in section 2(2) of the principal Act as in force immediately before that date) immediately before that date and continues to be in transit in Singapore (as so defined) on or after that date, as if section 4 had not been enacted.

Section 7 of the principal Act as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 5 continues to apply to any application for a permit that is made under section 7 of the principal Act before that date and is pending immediately before that date, as if section 5 had not been enacted.

Section 15 of the principal Act as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 9 continues to apply to any thing seized before that date (under section 11 of the principal Act as in force immediately before that date), as if section 9 had not been enacted.

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.

This section does not affect section 16 of the Interpretation Act 1965.