Clause 131

The Public Utilities Act [Cap. 261] is repealed.

Any scheme, contract, document, licence, permission or resolution prepared, made, granted or approved under the repealed Public Utilities Act shall, so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continue and be deemed to have been prepared, made, granted or approved under the corresponding provisions of this Act.

The enactments mentioned in the Fourth Schedule shall have effect subject to the amendments to the extent therein specified (being minor amendments or amendments consequential on the preceding provisions of this Act).

The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, repeal or -amend any written law which appears to him to be unnecessary having regard to the provisions of this Act or to be inconsistent with any provision of this Act.

It is hereby declared for the avoidance of doubt that on the appointed day, the water undertaking of the former City Council transferred to and vested in the Board under the repealed Public Utilities Act [Cap. 261] and not transferred to any successor company under section 61(1) shall continue to be vested in the Board.

In this section —

“water undertaking of the former City Council” means the installations of the Water Department of the City Council and all lands, buildings and other property, movable or immovable, vested in and held by the City Council for the purpose of that Department, including all assets, powers, rights, interests and privileges as well as debts, liabilities and obligations of the City Council in connection therewith or appertaining thereto;

“City Council” means the City Council of Singapore originally incorporated by Indian Act No. 27 of 1857 and incorporated under and by virtue of the Municipal (Elections — Amendment) Ordinance 1948 with the status of a City conferred by Royal Charter dated 24th July 1951, and as constituted under section 6 of the Local Government Ordinance 1957.