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← Planning Act 1998

Planning Act 1998 s 62

s 62 Transitional and saving provisions

62.—(1) Any permission, approval, decision, notice, warrant, order or other document prepared, made, granted, issued, and any act or thing done or given, under or pursuant to the repealed Act and valid immediately prior to 1 April 1998 is deemed to have been prepared, made, granted, issued, done or given under or pursuant to the corresponding provision of this Act and continues to have effect accordingly. (2) Any map, plan, record or register prepared, made or kept under or pursuant to the repealed Act is deemed to have been prepared, made or kept under or pursuant to the corresponding provision of this Act and continues to have effect accordingly. (3) All conservation guidelines made or deemed to have been made by the conservation authority under the repealed Act are deemed to have been made by the competent authority under section 11. (4) [Deleted by Act 11 of 2021 wef 01/08/2022] (5) Subject to the Constitution, any breach, contravention or non‑compliance of the repealed Act is deemed to be a breach, contravention or non‑compliance of the corresponding provision of this Act and the powers conferred on the competent authority by this Act may be exercised in respect of such breach, contravention or non‑compliance. (6) Any enforcement process or proceedings commenced or pending immediately prior to 1 April 1998 in connection with any breach, contravention or non‑compliance of or under the repealed Act may be continued and disposed of under the repealed Act as if this Act has not been passed. (7) Any application for permission made to the competent authority under section 10 or 13 of the repealed Act and any appeal made to the Minister under section 16 or 17 of the repealed Act which is pending immediately before 1 April 1998 is deemed to have been made and must be dealt with under the corresponding provisions of this Act. (8) Any reference in any written law to the repealed Act or any provision thereof is, as from 1 April 1998, a reference to this Act or the corresponding provision of this Act. (9) Any reference in any written law or document to the planning functions of the Singapore Improvement Trust is to be construed as a reference to the planning functions of the competent authority.

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