Livestock Improvement Amendment Act

12 November 1997 No. 1510. 12 November 1997 It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act which is hereby published for general information:— H i e r b y w o r d b e k e n d gemaak dat die President s) goedkeuring geheg het aan die onderstaande Wet wat hierb) ter algememe inligting gepubliseer word:— No. 60 of 1997: Livestock Improvement Amendment Act, No. 60 van 1997: Wysigingswet op Veeverbetering, 1997. 1997. ,ict X(). (,0, 1997 J.l\’l:S”J()(’K I\l PROVf:\!I.S’I’, \\ Il:,Xl)\lJ:\’[, \C’l’. IY)7 GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE: [ 1 \\’oKIs in bold type in square brackets indicate omissions from existing enactments. \VOI-LIS underlined with a solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments. ACT To amend the Livestock Improvement Act, 1977, so as to uniformly regulate the exportation of declared animals; to make provision for the approval of indigenous and locally produced breeds to be exported: and to provide for matters connected therewith. (Afrikamls te.u si:ncd b~ the Presidellf. ) (Assented to 6 November 1997.) B E IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:- Substitution of section 17 of Act 25 of 1977, as amended by section 14 of Act 31 of 1984

1. Section 17 of the Livestock Improvement Act, 1977 (Act No. 25 of 1977), is hereby 5 amended— (a) by the substitution for subsection ( 1 ) of the following subsection: “(I ) No person shall export from the Republic any animal, semen, ova or eggs unless such exportation has been authorized by the registrar in writing: Provided that such written authorization shall only be issued 10 i f— ~a) shall not be required for the exportation of eggs (except the eggs of ostriches) not intended for breeding purposes] such animal, semen. ova or eggs meet the prescribed minimum standards and the prescribed requirements. 15 [(b) in the case of an ostrich or the eggs of ostriches, shall uot be issued unless such ostrich or eggs have been sterilized.];”; and (b) by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection: “(2) The provisions of section 16(2)@J, (3), (4)(a), (5), (6) and (7) shall nzutatis ntu~andis apply with reference to an application for such 20 authorization.”. Short title

2. This Act shall be called the Livestock Improvement Amendment Act, 1997.