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International Health Regulations Act, 1974 (Act No. 28 of 1974)

3. Promulgation of notices and regulations by Minister of National Health and Population Development

 

1) The Minister of National Health and Population Development may by notice in the Gazette-
a) designate any part in the Republic which shall, for the purposes of Article 17 of the International Health Regulations, be deemed to be an approved port;
b) designate any airport in the Republic which shall, for the purposes of the International Health Regulations, be deemed to be a sanitary airport;
c) apply in the Republic, without any modification or with such modifications as he may deem fit, any regulation adopted by the World Health Assembly, after the commencement of this Act, to amend or supplement the International Health Regulations.

 

2) The Minister of National Health and Population Development may make regulations-
a) to give effect to any provision of the International Health Regulations as applicable in the Republic;
b) prescribing fees, and providing for the recovery of any expenditure incurred, in connection with the application in the Republic of the International Health Regulations.

 

3) Any regulation made under subsection (2) may prescribe penalties for any contravention thereof or failure to comply therewith, but no such penalty shall exceed a fine of five hundred rand or imprisonment for a period of six months.

 

4) Any notice made under subsection (1) and any regulation made under subsection (2) shall be laid upon the Tables of both Houses of Parliament within fourteen days after promulgation thereof if Parliament is in ordinary session or, if Parliament is not in ordinary session, within fourteen days after the commencement of its next ensuing ordinary session.

 

5) Any notice or regulation referred to in subsection (4) or any provision thereof may by resolution passed by both Houses of Parliament during the session in which such notice or regulation has been laid upon the Tables, be disapproved of and thereupon the provisions of section 12(2) of the Interpretation Act, 1957 (Act No. 33 of 1957), shall apply as if such resolution were a law repealing such notice, regulation or provision.

 

 


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