Dental Technicians Act, 1979 (Act No. 19 of 1979)Chapter 5 : General and Supplementary Provisions51. Repeal of laws |
| (1) | Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), the Dental Mechanicians Act, 1945 (Act No. 30 of 1945), the Dental Mechanicians Amendment Act, 1947 (Act No. 33 of 1947), the Dental Mechanicians Amendment Act, 1954 (Act No. 8 of 1954), the Dental Mechanicians Amendment Act, 1972 (Act No. 43 of 1972), and the Dental Mechanicians Amendment Act, 1976 (Act No. 17 of 1976), are hereby repealed. |
| (2) | Any proclamation, notice, regulation, rule, authorisation or order issued, made or granted, or any registration, removal from a register, appointment or any other thing done, in terms of a provision of any Act repealed by subsection (1), shall be deemed to have been issued, made, granted or done under the corresponding provision of this Act. |
| (3) | Any person registered under the Dental Mechanicians Act, 1945, as a dental mechanician and whose registration as such was immediately before the commencement of this Act still in force, shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be registered as a dental technician in terms of section 18 of this Act. |
| (4) | The members of the council as constituted immediately prior to the commencement of this Act shall continue to be members thereof, and the council shall be deemed to be duly constituted in terms of this Act, until a date determined by the Minister and published in the Gazette. |
| (5) | If any member referred to in subsection (3) vacates his or her office the council shall, until the date referred to in that subsection, consist of the remaining members. |