12 September 1986

No. R. 1901

PLANT IMPROVEMENT ACT, 1976

(Act 53 of 1976)

APPLICATION OF ACT

I, Gert Jeremias Kotzé, Deputy Minister of Agricultural Economics, acting on behalf of the Minister of Agricultural Economics under section 2 of the Plant Improvement Act, 1976 (Act 53 of 1976), hereby –

(a) declare that all the provisions of the said Act shall apply to the seed of plants of the kinds specified in Schedule A;

(b) declare that all the provisions of the said Act except section 27 shall apply to –

(i) plants of the kinds specified in Schedule B, excluding plants of those kinds that are used for decorative purposes;

(ii) the seed of plants of the kinds specified in Schedule C;

(c) declare that all the provisions of the said Act except sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14(a) and (c) and 27 shall apply to the tubers of plants of the kinds specified in Schedule D;

(c)A hereby declare that all the provisions of the said Act, except sections 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 and 27 shall apply with regard to tubers and plants of the kinds specified in Schedule D, which is tested, examined and analysed by a test laboratory;

(d) declare that all the provisions of the said Act except sections 13(1)(a), (b) and (c), 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26 and 27 shall apply to the kinds of plants specified in Schedule E, and to any cross of such plants excluding kinds of plants that are used for decorative purposes;

(d)A hereby declare that all the provisions of the said Act, except sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 27 shall apply with regard to plants of the kinds indicated in Schedule F; and

[Para. (d)A inserted by R. 1638 of 12 July 1991]

(e) repeal Government Notices R. 1062 of 23 May 1980, R. 1497 of 5 July 1985 and R. 280 of 14 February 1986.

G. J. KOTZÉ

Deputy Minister of Agricultural Economics