Businesses Act, 1991 (Act No. 71 of 1991)7. Repeal and amendment of laws |
| (1) | Subject to the provisions of subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5)— |
| (a) | the provisions of any ordinance of a province in relation to an institution or body referred to in section 84(1)(f) of the Provincial Government Act, 1961 (Act No. 32 of 1961), are hereby repealed in so far as they confer a power to make by-laws or regulations prohibiting the carrying on of any business unless a licence, permit, authority, certificate or approval has been issued or granted in respect of the business concerned; |
| (b) | the laws mentioned in Schedule 3 are hereby repealed or amended to the extent indicated in the third column of that Schedule. |
| (2) | The repeal or amendment by subsection (1) of any particular law shall take effect in a province on a date determined by the Administrator by proclamation in the Official Gazette. |
| (3) | Different dates may under subsection (2) be so determined in respect of different laws, different provisions of such laws, different areas of jurisdiction of different local authorities, or different defined areas. |
| (4) | An Administrator may in any such proclamation enact such transitional provisions and savings as he may in connection with any particular law or provision thereof, or any regulation or by-law made thereunder, deem necessary. |
| (5) | The amendment of a provision of an ordinance of a province by subsection (1) shall not affect the powers conferred upon the Administrator by section 14(2)(a) of the Provincial Government Act, 1986 (Act No. 69 of 1986), in relation to the amendment, repeal or substitution of that or any other provision of that ordinance. |