Food and Agricultural Research Council (Amendment) Act 2010 (No. 3 of 2010)

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) ACT 2010 Act No. 3 of 2010 I assent SIR ANEROOD JUGNAUTH President of the Republic 16th April 2010 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Short title 2. Interpretation 3. Section 9 of principal Act amended 4. Section 16 of principal Act amended 5. Repeal 6. Transitional provisions 7. Commencement An Act To amend the Food and Agricultural Research Council Act ENACTED by the Parliament of Mauritius, as follows 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Food and Agricultural Research Council (Amendment) Act 2010. 2. Interpretation In this Act “principal Act” means the Food and Agricultural Research Council Act. 3. Section 9 of principal Act amended Section 9 of the principal Act is amended by repealing subsection (4) and replacing it by the following subsection (4) The functions of the Unit shall be to (a) conduct research and extension activities in non-sugar crops, livestock and food production; (b) promote and encourage agricultural and agribusiness development through the setting up of agricultural youth clubs and agricultural entrepreneur clubs. 4. Section 16 of principal Act amended Section 16 of the principal Act is amended in subsection (2) (a) in paragraph (b), by deleting the word “and”; (b) in paragraph (c), by deleting the full stop and replacing it by a semicolon; (c) by adding, after paragraph (c), the following new paragraph (d) the setting up of agricultural youth clubs and agricultural entrepreneur clubs. 5. Repeal The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs Act is repealed. 6. Transitional provisions (1) All rights, obligations and liabilities subsisting in favour of, or against, the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs shall, at the commencement of this Act, continue to exist under the same terms and conditions in favour of, or against, the Council. (2) All proceedings, judicial or otherwise, commenced before and pending at the commencement of this Act, by or against the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs, shall be deemed to have been commenced and may be continued by or against the Council. 7. Commencement This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation. Passed by the National Assembly on the thirtieth day of March two thousand and ten. Ram Ranjit Dowlutta Clerk of the National Assembly