Tourism Act, 2014 (Act No. 3 of 2014)

Schedule 1 : Transitional Provisions and Savings (Clause 63)

3. Grading and classification schemes established under repealed Act
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(1)Any grading and classification scheme established by the Minister under section 18 of the repealed Act in respect of accommodation establishments, and any scheme established by the Minister under section 19 of that Act in respect of a sector of the tourism industry other than accommodation establishments, remains of force and effect and must be regarded as a scheme established by virtue of section 28(3).

 

(2) Any person who is a member of a grading and classification scheme contemplated in section 18(1) of the repealed Act or a scheme contemplated in section 19(1) of that Act, remains such a member and must be regarded as a member of a grading and classification scheme established by virtue of section 28(3).

 

(3) Any differentiation applied and any classification made by the Minister under section 18(2) of the repealed Act in respect of accommodation establishments, or under section 19(2) in respect of a sector of the tourism industry other than accommodation establishments, remains of force and effect and must be regarded as having been applied or made, as the case may be, by virtue of a grading and classification scheme contemplated in section 28(3).

 

(4) Any grading awarded in respect of an accommodation establishment by virtue of a grading and classification scheme contemplated in section 18(1) of the repealed Act, and any authority granted under section 18(5) of that Act to use and display insignia indicating the grading awarded in respect of the establishment concerned, remains of force and effect and must be regarded as having been awarded or granted, as the case may be, by virtue of a grading and classification scheme contemplated in section 28(3).

 

(5)Until a date determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette, the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa which existed immediately before the commencement of this Act as a business unit of the Board must be regarded as the Tourism Grading Council established by section 29.