Updated to 23 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
			
	
		
		
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		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | 
                Commencement/Effective Date 
                    Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
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                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
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						Whole Act | 
					
						3 May 1993 | 
					Commenced pursuant to s.14(2) | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			| How Affected | Affecting Provision | 
			
			
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						S. 2(2) am. | 
					26/2006, ss. 1 (2), 23 | 
				
			
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						S. 2(5) inserted | 
					24/2023, ss. 1(5), 61 | 
				
			
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						S. 2(6) inserted | 
					24/2023, ss. 1(5), 61 | 
				
			
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						S. 3 rep. | 
					18/2014, ss. 1(2), 73, sch. 1 | 
				
			
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						S. 4(2) substit. | 
					18/2014, ss. 1(2), 51 | 
				
			
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						S. 5 substit. | 
					27/2010, ss. 1(2), 4 | 
				
			
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						S. 5(1) substituted | 
					28/2017, ss. 1(2), 31(a) | 
				
			
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						S. 5(1)(c) am. | 
					11/2012, ss. 13(a), 16(2) | 
				
			
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						S. 5(1)(ca) ins. | 
					11/2012, ss. 13(b), 16(2) | 
				
			
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						S. 5(1)(d) am. | 
					11/2012, ss. 13(c), 16(2) | 
				
			
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						S. 5(6) amended | 
					28/2017, ss. 1(2), 31(b) | 
				
			
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						S. 5A ins. | 
					27/2010, ss. 1(2), 5 | 
				
			
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						S. 5B ins. | 
					27/2010, ss. 1(2), 6 | 
				
			
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						S. 6, applic. rstrct. | 
					24/2001, ss. 2(1), 113(7) | 
				
			
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						S. 7(2)(ii)(I)(B) amended | 
					48/2024, ss. 1(2), 6, schedule 2, ref. 3 | 
				
			
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						S. 11 rep. | 
					10/1999, ss. 2(2), 22(c) | 
				
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						None | 
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