Singapore legislation

Regulation 11

of Women’s Charter (Family Violence) Rules 2024

Regulation 11

Transitional provisions

Subregulation 1

An existing order in force immediately before 2 January 2025 —

(a)

is deemed, from that date, to be the equivalent order made on the same terms; and

(b)

may be varied, suspended or revoked accordingly.

Subregulation 2

If —

(a)

an application for an existing order is pending immediately before 2 January 2025; and

(b)

on or after that date, an existing order is made in the application,the existing order is deemed, from the time it is made, to be the equivalent order.

Subregulation 3

An existing order that is deemed by this rule to be a counselling order under section 60E(2) —

(a)

must not be extended beyond 2 January 2028; and

(b)

ceases to have effect on that date unless —

(i)

the court revokes the order on an earlier date;

(ii)

the court specifies an earlier date on which the order will cease to have effect; or

(iii)

the court specifies that the order has effect for a specified period which ends on an earlier date.

Subregulation 4

For the purposes of this rule, the existing orders and their equivalent orders are as follows:Existing order Equivalent order(1)Protection order under section 65 in force before 2 January 2025Protection order under section 60A (2)Order under section 65(5)(a) in force before 2 January 2025, made as part of a protection orderDomestic exclusion order under section 60B(2)(a) (3)Order under section 65(5)(b) in force before 2 January 2025, made as part of a protection orderCounselling order under section 60E(2)(4)Expedited order under section 66(1) in force before 2 January 2025Expedited order under section 61(2)(5)Order under section 65(5)(a) in force before 2 January 2025, made as part of an expedited orderDomestic exclusion order under section 61A(2)(a)