(5) Any authorisation by the Minister under section 10(1) of the repealed Act of any step or measure for the protection of a protected area or a protected place that is in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 25 of this Act is deemed to be an authorisation by the Minister under section 25(1) of this Act to implement a measure for the protection of that protected area or that protected place.
(6) This section does not affect the operation of, or derogate from, section 16 of the Interpretation Act (Cap. 1).
(7) For a period of 2 years after the date of commencement of any provision of this Act, the Minister may, by regulations, prescribe such additional provisions of a saving or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of that provision as the Minister may consider necessary or expedient.
Consequential amendments to other Acts
86.—(1) Section 2 of the Biological Agents and Toxins Act (Cap. 24A, 2006 Ed.) is amended by deleting the words “Protected Areas and Protected Places Act (Cap. 256)” in the definition of “protected place” and substituting the words “Infrastructure Protection Act 2017”.
(2) Section 40(5) of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68, 2012 Ed.) is amended by deleting paragraph (k) and substituting the following paragraph:
- “(k) the Infrastructure Protection Act 2017;”.
(3) Section 74 of the Internal Security Act (Cap. 143, 1985 Ed.) is amended by deleting subsection (6) (including the marginal reference) and substituting the following subsection:
- “(6) The powers of a police officer under subsections (1) and (2) may be exercised by any member of the security forces, and (in the case of a protected place) any authorised officer of that protected place (within the meaning of the Infrastructure Protection Act 2017).”.
(4) Section 11(2) of the Private Security Industry Act (Cap. 250A, 2008 Ed.) is amended by deleting the words “Protected Areas and
