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Older Persons Act, 2006 (Act No. 13 of 2006)Chapter 1 : Objects, Implementation, Application and General Principles3. Implementation of Act |
| (1) | Subject to this Act allocating roles and responsibilities, the Act must be implemented by all organs of state rendering services to older persons in the national, provincial and, where applicable, local sphere of government in an integrated, co-ordinated and uniform manner. |
| (2) | Recognising that competing social and economic needs exist, such organs of state must take reasonable measures to the maximum extent of their available resources to achieve the realisation of the objects of this Act. |
| (3) | To achieve the implementation of this Act in the manner contemplated in subsections (1) and (2), all organs of state must co-operate in the development of a uniform approach aimed at co-ordinating and integrating the services delivered to older persons. |
