Clause 30

Any decision, relating to whether a citizen of Singapore is a Merdeka Generation Senior, by any person purporting to be made in the name or on behalf of the Appeals Panel before the date of commencement of the Pioneer Generation Fund (Amendment) Act 2019 has effect, and is taken always to have had effect, as if it had been made on that date by the Appeals Panel under section 13 or 14 as amended by that Act or section 14A as inserted by that Act, as the case may be.(2) Anything done under or for the purposes of such a decision as mentioned in subsection (1) is as valid, and is taken always to have been as valid, as it would have been if the decision had been made by the Appeals Panel under section 13 or 14 as amended by the Pioneer Generation Fund (Amendment) Act 2019 or section 14A as inserted by that Act, as the case may be.(3) Any application lodged before the date of commencement of the Pioneer Generation Fund (Amendment) Act 2019 to any person purporting to act in the name or on behalf of the Appeals Panel and in respect of which no decision as mentioned in subsection (1) is made before that date is deemed to be a verification application made under section 13(2) as amended by that Act.”.