Agricultural Pests Amendment Act 47 of 1986

Agricultural Pests Amendment Act, 1986 (No. 47 of 1986)

GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE:
[ ]  Words in bold type in square brackets indicate omissions from existing enactments.
__ Words underlined with solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments.

Act

• to amend the Agricultural Pests Act, 1983, so as
  • to extend the definition of "order", and
  • to provide for the disposal of the progeny or products of controlled goods illegally imported, and
• for matters connected therewith.

(Afrikaans text signed by the State President.)
(Assented to 30 April 1986.)

BE IT ENACTED by the State President and the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:-

Amendment of section 1 of Act 36 of 1983.

1. Section 1 of the Agricultural Pests Act, 1983 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended by the substitution for the definition of "order" of the following definition:

'"order' means an order contemplated in section 4 or 7;".

Amendment of section 4 of Act 36 of 1983.

2. Section 4 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the addition to subsection (1) of the following paragraph:

"(f) order the owner or person in possession or in charge of controlled goods descended from such controlled goods, or produced or acquired through, from or by means of such controlled goods (hereafter referred to as acquired goods) to deal with those acquired goods as provided in paragraph (b) ( i) or (iii), irrespective of the degree of descent or relationship concerned, or the connection between such controlled goods and acquired goods.".

Amendment of section 7 of Act 36 of 1983.

3. Section 7 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of the following paragraph:

"(a) If anything has been destroyed by virtue of an order contemplated in subsection (1) the Minister may, with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, out of moneys appropriated by Parliament for that purpose pay such compensa~ion as he may consider reasonable in respect thereof.".

Short title.

4. This Act is called the Agricultural Pests Amendment Act, 1986.

Commencement

7 May 1986