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National Forests Act, 1998 (Act No. 84 of 1998)

Chapter 9 : General And Transitional Provisions

Part 2 : Repeal and amendment of laws, savings, short title and commencement

74. Savings

 

(1) Anything done in terms of a law repealed by this Act
(a) remains valid if it is consistent with this Act, until repealed or overridden; and
(b) becomes administrative action in terms of the corresponding provision of this Act.

 

(2) Any regulation made in terms of the Forest Act, 1984 (Act No. 122 of 1984)—
(a) remains valid if it is consistent with this Act, until it is repealed by the Minister; and
(b) becomes a regulation made in terms of sections 53 and 54 of this Act.

 

(3) Assignments and delegations of powers or duties under the Forest Act, 1984, become assignments or delegations under this Act if they are consistent with this Act.

 

(4) The Tweefontein Timber Company Limited continues to exist with the same assets, liabilities, rights and obligations despite the repeal by section 73(1).

 

(5) Section 17 of the Forest Act, 1984, remains in force for purposes only of determining prices in contracts—
(a) entered into before this Act comes into force; and
(b) which would, in the absence of section 17, be incomplete.