Executive Powers (Transport) Transfer Proclamation, 1978

Jurisdiction
Namibia
Citation
Proclamation AG14 of 1978
Date
15 March 1978
Language
English
Type
Legislation
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Executive Powers (Transport) Transfer Proclamation, 1978

Proclamation AG14 of 1978

  • Published in Official Gazette no. 3717 on 15 March 1978
  • Assented to on 6 March 1978
  • Commenced on 15 March 1978
  • [This is the version of this document from 15 March 1978 and includes any amendments published up to 6 October 2022.]
PROCLAMATIONof the ADMINISTRATOR-GENERAL FOR THE TERRITORY OF SOUTH WEST AFRICATRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATION OF DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT TO THE ADMINISTRATOR-GENERAL
Under the powers vested in me by Proclamation 181 of 19 August 1977, I hereby make the laws set out in the Schedule.M. T. STEYNAdministrator-GeneralWindhoek, 13 March 1978

Schedule

1. Definition

(1)In this Proclamation “General Proclamation” means the Executive Powers Transfer (General Provisions) Proclamation, 1977 (Proclamation AG. 7 of 1977).
(2)A reference in this Proclamation to any particular law shall be construed as including a reference to a regulation, rule or other enactment made under or relating to that law.

2. Transfer of administration of Department of Transport

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law but subject to the provisions of this Proclamation and the General Proclamation, the administration of the affairs of the territory of South West Africa in relation to any matter which at the commencement of this Proclamation is administered by the Minister of Transport of the Republic of South Africa in the Department of Transport, shall be carried on by the Administrator-General.

3. Application of laws

(1)The provisions of subsection (1) of section 3 of the General Proclamation shall, without detracting from the provisions of subsection (2) of that section, not apply to -
(a)section 5 of the Carriage by Air Act, 1946 (Act 17 of 1946);
(b)section 2(2) of the Air Services Act, 1949 (Act 51 of 1949);
(c)the Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act 57 of 1951);
(d)section 3(1)(b) and (2), and, in so far as it relates to any accident of South African aircraft occurring outside the territory, section 12 of the Aviation Act, 1962 (Act 74 of 1962);
(e)the Prevention and Combating of Pollution of the Sea by Oil Act, 1971 (Act 67 of 1971);
(f)the National Road Safety Act, 1972 (Act 9 of 1972);
(g)the Compulsory Motor Vehicle Insurance Act, 1972 (Act 56 of 1972);
(h)section 15 of the Air Services Amendment Act, 1973 (Act 43 of 1973);
(i)the reference to the Republic in the Road Transportation Act, 1977 (Act 74 of 1977).
(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3(1)(c) of the General Proclamation, the reference to the Republic in -
(a)the Carriage by Air Act, 1946 (Act 17 of 1946);
(b)the Air Services Act, 1949 (Act 51 of 1949);
(c)the Aviation Act, 1962 (Act 74 of 1962);
(d)the Civil Aviation Offences Act, 1972 (Act 10 of 1972),
shall be construed as including a reference to the territory.

4. Amendment of section 2 of Act 74 of 1962

Section 2 of the Aviation Act, 1962, is hereby amended -
(a)by the deletion of the words “and to all South African aircraft and personnel wheresoever they may be” in subsection (2); and[The subsection referred to should be subsection (1).]
(b)by the deletion of subsection (2).

5. Amendment of section 5 of Act 74 of 1962

Section 5 of the Aviation Act, 1962, is hereby amended by the deletion of subsection (6).

6. Short title

This Proclamation shall be called the Executive Powers (Transport) Transfer Proclamation, 1978.
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History of this document

15 March 1978 this version
Commences.
06 March 1978
Assented to.