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Animal Improvement Act, 1998 (Act No. 62 of 1998)

9. Renewal of registration or approval

 

(1) A registration or approval in terms of section 8(6) shall, except in the case of the prior termination thereof, in terms of section 10, be valid from the date of issue of the certificate until the date of expiry specified thereon, and shall thereafter be renewable from time to time.

 

(2)
(a) A person to whom a certificate has been issued in terms of section 8(6), may apply to the registrar for the renewal of the registration or approval concerned within the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner, and such an application shall be accompanied by the prescribed renewal fee for the registration or approval concerned, as well as by the information or documents prescribed or as required by the registrar.
(b) The provisions of section 8(4), (5), (6) and (8) shall apply mutatis mutandis in respect of an application referred to in paragraph (a).
(c) A renewal granted in terms of paragraph (b) shall, subject to the prior termination thereof in terms of this Act, be valid for the prescribed period, and an application for the further renewal thereof shall be made within the prescribed period according to the provisions of paragraph (a), read with paragraph (b).
(d) The registrar shall not consider an application for the renewal of a registration or approval which has been received after its expiry date unless such application has been received within 90 days after such expiry date and the additional prescribed fees have been paid.