Singapore legislation
Clause 90
Clause 90
Saving and transitional provisions
(1)
If immediately before the date of commencement of section 29 (called in this subsection the appointed day) —
an individual holds a full licence issued under section 53(1) of the Animals and Birds Act 1965; and
the licence is not suspended or revoked under section 62 of that Act,the individual is deemed, so far as not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, to be a duly qualified veterinarian with full registration on and after the appointed day until the earliest of the following:
the date immediately after the end of 12 months (or, if a longer period is prescribed under subsection (3), the longer period) after the appointed day;
the date on which the Council grants a practising certificate to the individual under section 23, after registering the individual as a veterinarian with full registration or veterinarian with restricted registration (as the case may be) under this Act;
the date that the individual’s application for registration is finally refused under section 21 or is withdrawn;
the date that the individual’s application for a practising certificate is finally refused under section 23 or is withdrawn.
(2)
If immediately before the date of commencement of section 29 (called in this subsection the appointed day) —
an individual holds a restricted licence issued under section 53(1) of the Animals and Birds Act 1965; and
the licence is not suspended or revoked under section 62 of that Act,the individual is deemed, so far as not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, to be a duly qualified veterinarian with restricted registration on and after the appointed day until the earliest of the following:
the date immediately after the end of 12 months (or, if a longer period is prescribed under subsection (3), the longer period) after the appointed day;
the date on which the Council grants a practising certificate to the individual under section 23, after registering the individual as a veterinarian with full registration or veterinarian with restricted registration (as the case may be) under this Act;
the date that the individual’s application for registration is finally refused under section 21 or is withdrawn;
the date that the individual’s application for a practising certificate is finally refused under section 23 or is withdrawn.
(3)
The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, prescribe the longer period mentioned in subsection (1)(c) or (2)(c).
(4)
In this section —
Definition
“full licence” means a licence, issued to an individual under section 53(1) of the Animals and Birds Act 1965, that is not a restricted licence;
Definition
“restricted licence” means a licence, issued to an individual under section 53(1) of the Animals and Birds Act 1965, that authorises the individual to treat, vaccinate or inoculate animals only —
at a place of practice specified in the licence; and
under the supervision of another individual who holds a licence issued under section 53(1) of the Animals and Birds Act 1965.
(5)
A reference in subsection (1)(e) or (f) or (2)(e) or (f) to the date of final refusal of an application under section 21 or 23 is a reference to —
if an appeal is made to the Minister under section 21(8) or 23(11) (as the case may be) against the Council’s refusal of the application — the date of the Minister’s dismissal of the appeal; or
in any other case — the date of the Council’s refusal of the application under section 21(6) or 23(7), as the case may be.
(6)
For a period of 2 years after the commencement of any provision of this Act, the Minister may, by regulations, prescribe additional provisions of a saving or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of that provision that the Minister may consider necessary or expedient.