Clause 76

Any application made before the date of commencement of section 40 of this Act to the Youth Court for an order under section 49 of the principal Act as in force immediately before that date and is pending immediately before that date is, on or after that date, treated as made under section 49 of the principal Act as in force on or after that date.

Any application made before the date of commencement of section 43 of this Act to the Youth Court for an order under section 50(1) of the principal Act as in force immediately before that date and is pending immediately before that date is, on or after that date, treated as made under section 50(1) of the principal Act as in force on or after that date (called in this subsection the new section 50(1)), except that the condition in paragraph (b) of the new section 50(1) need not be satisfied.

Where in any written law or contract or other document, any reference is made to the Director of Social Welfare, such reference is read as a reference to the Director‑General of Social Welfare.

Where in any written law or contract or other document, any reference is made to the manager of a juvenile rehabilitation centre, home for children and young persons, place of detention, place of safety or place of temporary care and protection or remand home, such reference is read as a reference to the person‑in‑charge of the juvenile rehabilitation centre, home for children and young persons, place of detention, place of safety or place of temporary care and protection or remand home, as the case may be.

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.