Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
Regulation 4
Transitional provisions
Subregulation 1
Sections 2, 5 and 12 to 15 of the Act apply in relation to a relevant maintenance order transmitted under section 4 or 5 of the previous Act to any specified country and to which the previous Act applied immediately before 1 January 2017, as they apply in relation to a relevant maintenance order that —
is sent to that specified country under section 3 of the Act; or
is made under section 4 of the Act and confirmed by a competent court in that specified country.
Subregulation 2
A relevant maintenance order made by a court in any specified country that has been confirmed by a court in Singapore under section 6 of the previous Act and is in force immediately before 1 January 2017, is to be registered under section 7(5) of the Act as if it had been confirmed by that court in Singapore under section 7(2) of the Act.
Subregulation 3
Sections 2 and 8 to 16 of the Act apply in relation to a relevant maintenance order made in any specified country and to which the previous Act applied immediately before 1 January 2017, as they apply in relation to a registered order.
Subregulation 4
Where any proceedings brought under any provision of the previous Act in a court in Singapore (being proceedings affecting a person resident in any specified country) are pending immediately before 1 January 2017, those proceedings may be continued as if they had been brought under the corresponding provision of the Act.