Animal Improvement Act, 1998 (Act No. 62 of 1998)

29. Repeal of laws and savings
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(1) This Act shall apply to the whole of the national territory of the Republic.

 

(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3), this Act shall repeal—
(a) the Acts mentioned in columns one and two of the Schedule to the extent set out in the third column of the Schedule; and
(b) any law relating to animal improvement which applied in the territory of any entity which prior to the commencement of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 (Act No. 200 of 1993), possessed legislative authority with regard to the improvement of animals.

 

(3)
(a) The South African Stud Book and Livestock Improvement Association referred to in section 22 of the Livestock Improvement Act, 1977 (Act No. 25 of 1977), shall at the commencement of section 8 of this Act be deemed to be a registering authority which is registered in terms of section 8(7)(a)(ii) of this Act and which has the power of a registering authority with reference to any kind of animal or specific breed of such kind of animal in respect of which no registering authority exists.
(b) A livestock breeders’ society to which a certificate of incorporation has been issued or continued in terms of section 18 of the Livestock Improvement Act, 1977, and which is in force immediately prior to the commencement of section 8 of this Act shall be deemed to be an animal breeders’ society which is registered in terms of section 8(7)(a)(i) of this Act.
(c) The registrar shall as soon as possible after the commencement of section 8 of this Act, issue free of charge in terms of section 8(7) of this Act to the South African Stud Book and Livestock Improvement Association referred to in paragraph (a), a registration certificate as registering authority, and to each animal breeders’ society referred to in paragraph (b), a registration certificate as an animal breeders’ society.
(d) The South African Stud Book and Livestock Improvement Association referred to in paragraph (a) shall at the commencement of section 15 of this Act have the powers of an animal breeders’ society specified in that section with reference to any kind of animal or specific breed of such kind of animal in respect of which no animal breeders’ society exists.
(e) The registrar shall as soon as possible after the commencement of section 8 of this Act issue free of charge in terms of section 8(6) of this Act to all parties referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) certificates of registration.