No. S 135
Companies (Amendment) Act 2004
(Act 5 of 2004)
Companies (Approved Company Auditors) (Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2004
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 60 of the Companies (Amendment) Act 2004, the Minister for Finance hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Companies (Approved Company Auditors) (Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2004 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2004.
Definition
2.  In these Regulations, “principal Act” means the Companies Act (Cap. 50) in force immediately before 1st April 2004.
Persons approved as company auditors before 1st April 2004
3.  Any person (not being a public accountant) who, immediately before 1st April 2004, is an approved company auditor under section 9 (2) of the principal Act shall continue to be qualified to act as an auditor of any company as if the Companies (Amendment) Act 2004 had not been enacted, until the date on which the approval would have lapsed or unless sooner revoked by the Minister under section 9 (5) of the principal Act.

Made this 25th day of March 2004.

LIM SIONG GUAN
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Finance,
Singapore.
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