54 PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION No. 82 The laws mentioned in the second column of the Schedule are hereby repealed as indicated in the third column of the Schedule, to the extent that such laws were in force immediately prior to the commencement of the Constitution in the various territories of the national territory of the Republic as set out in the fourth column of the Schedule. Section 53 Short title and commencement This Act shall be called the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, 1976, and shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the State President by proclamation in the Gazette. Extension of application of Act 15 of 1976 The principal Act shall apply throughout the Republic. SCHEDULE LAWS REPEALED BY SECTION 30 Number and year of Law Short Title Extent of repeal Area in respect of which law is repealed Act No. 22 of 1964 Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, 1964 The whole The territory of the former Republic of Transkei Act No. 72 of 1969 Plant Breeders’ Rights Amendment Act, 1969 The whole The territory of the former Republic of Transkei Act No. 15 of 1976 Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, 1976 The whole The territories of the former Republic of Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei and the territories of the former selfgoverning territories of Lebowa, Gazankulu, Qwaqwa, KwaZulu, KwaNdebele and KaNgwane Act No. 5 of 1980 Plant Breeders’ Rights Amendment Act, 1980 The whole The territory of the former Republic of Ciskei and the territories of the former selfgoverning territories of Lebowa, Gazankulu, Qwaqwa, KwaZulu, KwaNdebele and KaNgwane Act No.14 of 1981 Plant Breeders’ Rights Amendment Act, 1981 The whole The territory of the former Republic of Ciskei and the territories of the former selfgoverning territories of Lebowa, Gazankulu, Qwaqwa, KwaZulu, KwaNdebele and KaNgwane Act No. 38 of 1983 Plant Breeders’ Rights The whole The territories of the former self-governing territories of Lebowa, Gazankulu, Qwaqwa, KwaZulu, KwaNdebele and KaNgwane Amendment Act, 1983 SOUTH AFRICA Act - page 20