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Animal Diseases Act, 1984 (Act No. 35 of 1984)

35. Repeal, savings and transitional provisions

 

(1) The Acts mentioned in the Schedule are hereby, subject to the provisions of this section, repealed to the extent indicated in the third column thereof.

 

(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Animal Diseases and Parasites Act, 1956 (Act No. 13 of 1956), by subsection (1)—
(a) any permit issued under section 2(1), 7, 9(1) or 12, authority given under section 3(c), 5A or 18A(1), consent granted under section 4(3)(c), 13(8) or 16(6), and, in so far as it relates to any such consent or authority, any delegation of powers under section 18(1)(a), of the said Act, in force at such repeal, shall, subject to subsection (3), remain in force for a period of three years after the date of commencement of this Act, or for its period of validity, whichever period is the shorter; and
(b) any other provision of the said Act, including a regulation or notice made or published thereunder, shall, in so far as such provision applies in respect of any such permit, authority, consent or delegation, subject to subsection (3), remain in force until the date of expiry of the shorter period referred to in paragraph (a).

 

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2), the Minister may at any time withdraw any authority under section 18A(1) and any consent under section 4(3)(c), 13(8) or 16(6) of the Animal Diseases and Parasites Act, 1956, mentioned in subsection (2), and the director may at any time withdraw any other authority or permit referred to in that subsection.

 

(4) At the commencement of this Act any application granted in terms of the proviso to subsection (2) of section 20 of the Animal Diseases and Parasites Act, 1956, shall be deemed to be an approval referred to in section 22(4)(b)(ii) of this Act, and any note made in terms of subsection (3) of the said section 20 by any registrar of deeds in respect of the relevant debt and any attachment to land referred to in subsection (4)(a) of the said section 20, shall be deemed to be a registration of a mortgage bond, and a mortgage bond, contemplated in subsection (4)(c) of the said section 22 of this Act, respectively.

 

(5) Subject to the provisions of subsections (2) and (4), anything done under any provision of any Act repealed by subsection (1), shall be deemed to have been done under the corresponding provision of this Act.