Discriminatory Legislation regarding Public Amenities Repeal Act 100 of 1990

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Discriminatory Legislation regarding Public Amenities Repeal Act, 1990 (No. 100 of 1990)

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 repeal or amend certain laws so as to do away with certain powers to differentiate between persons of different races; and
  • to provide for matters connected therewith.

(English text signed by the State President.)
(Assented to 28 June 1990.)

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

Repeal and amendment of laws

1. The laws mentioned in the Schedule are hereby repealed or amended as set out in the third column of the Schedule.

Short title and commencement

2. This Act shall be called the Discriminatory Legislation regarding Public Amenities Repeal Act, 1990, and shall come into operation on 15 October 1990.

Schedule

No. and year of law Title Extent of repeal or amendment
Act No. 49 of 1953 Reservation of Separate Amenities Act, 1953 Repeal of the whole.
Act No. 10 of 1960 Reservation of Separate Amenities Amendment Act, 1960 Repeal of the whole.
Act No. 36 of 1966 Group Areas Act, 1966 Amendment of section 1-

(a) by the deletion of subsection (4); and

(b) by the substitution in subsection (6) for the words preceding paragraph (a) of the following words:

"The provisions of this Act [or of any proclamation issued under subsection (4)] shall not apply in relation to any person while he is present in or upon any land or premises-".
Act No. 74 of 1977 Road Transportation Act, 1977 Amendment of section 1 (1) by the substitution for the definition of "class" of the following definition:

'"class', in relation to persons, [includes] excludes race or population group;".
Ordinance No. 20 of 1955 (Cape of - Good Hope) Reservation of Separate Amenities by Local Authorities Ordinance, 1955 Repeal of the whole.
Ordinance No. 8 of 1958 (Transvaal) Reservation of Separate Amenities by Local Authorities Ordinance, 1958 Repeal of the whole.
Ordinance No. 6 of 1961 (Cape of ­ Good Hope) Reservation of Separate Amenities by Local Authorities Amendment Ordi­nance, 1961 Repeal of the whole.
Ordinance No. 8 of 1962(Orange Free State) Local Government Ordinance, 1962 Amendment of section 146, except in so far as the provisions of Part IV of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1983 (Act No. 110 of 1983), have under paragraph (a) of Proclama­tion No. R. 38 of 1989 been declared to apply to the Ordinance, by the deletion of subsection (30).
Ordinance No. 37 of 1967 (Natal) Reservation of Separate Amenities Ordinance, 1967 Repeal of the whole.

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