Sch 2Repeal and transitional provisions

Schedule 2—Repeal and transitional provisions 1—Repeal The following Acts are repealed: (a) Apiaries Act 1931; (b) Branding of Pigs Act 1964; (c) Brands Act 1933; (d) Cattle Compensation Act 1939; (e) Deer Keepers Act 1987; (f) Foot and Mouth Disease Eradication Fund Act 1958; (g) Stock Act 1990; (h) Swine Compensation Act 1936. 2—Transitional provisions (1) The appointment of a person as an inspector under the repealed Stock Act 1990 is, on the commencement of this subclause, revoked. (2) The persons appointed to the offices of Chief Inspector of Stock and deputy Chief Inspector of Stock under the repealed Stock Act 1990 immediately before the commencement of this subclause will be taken to have been appointed respectively as Chief Inspector of Stock and deputy Chief Inspector of Stock under this Act. (3) An order under section 19 or 21 of the repealed Stock Act 1990 in force immediately before the commencement of this subclause will be taken to be an order under Part 4 Division 4. (4) A person who holds a licence to conduct an artificial breeding centre, or authorising artificial breeding procedures, under Part 5 of the regulations made under the repealed Stock Act 1990 immediately before the commencement of this subclause will (if the licence is not then suspended) be taken to be registered under Part 3 Division 2 (and the registration is subject to the same conditions as the corresponding licence under the repealed Stock Act 1990 and expires on the date on which the licence would have expired). (5) A person who operates a veterinary diagnostic laboratory registered under Part 6 of the regulations made under the repealed Stock Act 1990 immediately before the commencement of this subclause will be taken to be registered under Part 3 Division 3 (and the registration expires on the date on which registration under the repealed Act would have expired). (6) A brand registered under the repealed Brands Act 1933 or the repealed Branding of Pigs Act 1964 immediately before the commencement of this subclause will be taken to be registered in the corresponding register under Part 7 (and registration of the brand expires on the date on which registration under the repealed Act would have expired or, if the repealed Act did not provide for the expiry of registration, the date fixed by regulation).1 (7) A fund kept under the repealed Apiaries Act 1931, the Cattle Compensation Act 1939, the Deer Keepers Act 1987 or the Swine Compensation Act 1936 must be maintained pending its application in accordance with the regulations— (a) by payment into a fund established under this Act that is declared by the regulations to be the corresponding fund; or (b) in some other way provided in the regulations. Note—