Meat Safety Act, 2000 (Act No. 40 of 2000)6. Suspension of assignment |
| 1) | The Minister may suspend an assignment contemplated in section 5 by notice in the Gazette, in general or in a particular instance, in the event of- |
| a) | a contravention of or failure to comply with any provision of this Act, or the occurrence, in a province or in a country adjacent to a province, of any event of such a nature and extent that it could detrimentally affect meat safety in a province or in the Republic as a whole; or |
| b) | a written request to do so by an MEC. |
| 2) | The suspension may be- |
| a) | in respect of one or more specified provinces or specified portions thereof or the Republic as a whole; |
| b) | in general or with regard to a particular matter; and |
| c) | for such period or subject to such conditions as the Minister may determine. |
| 3) | In the event of a suspension, the national executive officer must implement the necessary essential national standards and such other provisions of this Act in the area in question for such period as may be necessary to give effect to this section. |
| 4) | For purposes of subsection (3), the provincial executive officer of the province in question must co-operate with the national executive officer and put any facilities used in the province in respect of meat safety at the disposal of the national executive officer. |
| 5) | If the expenditure incurred during a particular year by or on behalf of a particular province for the purposes contemplated in this section exceeds the appropriation for that purpose by the provincial legislature in question, the deficit must be defrayed from money appropriated by Parliament for that purpose. |
| 6) | When the reason for the suspension ceases to exist, the Minister must lift the suspension. |