Singapore legislation

Clause 68

Existing agreements and pending proceedings

(1)

All deeds, bonds, agreements, instruments and working arrangements subsisting immediately before the appointed day affecting the portion of the undertaking transferred to a successor company under section 61(1) or affecting any employee of the Board transferred to the service of the company under section 66(1) shall continue in full force and effect on and after that day and shall be enforceable by or against the company as if instead of the Board or any person acting on behalf of the Board, the company had been named therein or had been a party thereto.

(2)

All agreements and working arrangements between the Board and consumers for the supply of water, electricity or gas and which are contained in one or more written contracts and which are subsisting immediately before the appointed day, shall —

(a)

continue in full force and effect on and after that day and shall —

(i)

in relation to the supply of water, continue to be enforceable by or against the Board; and

(ii)

in relation to the supply of electricity or gas, be enforceable by or against the successor company to whom such agreements or working arrangements were allocated by determination of the Minister under section 61(1) as if instead of the Board, the company had been named therein or had been a party thereto; and

(b)

be governed, on and after that day, by such terms and conditions as may be determined by the company with the approval of the Board an published in such manner as will secure adequate publicity for them.

(3)

Any proceedings or cause of action relating to the undertaking transferred to a successor company under section 61(1) or to any employee of the Board transferred to the service of the company under section 66(1) pending or existing immediately before the appointed day by or against the Board or any person acting on its behalf may be continued and shall be enforced by or against the company.

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