RAILWAYS AND HARBOURS ACTS AMENDMENT ACT NO. 46 OF 1975 [ASSENTED TO 22 MAY, 1975][DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: 26 MAY, 1975] (Unless otherwise indicated) (English text signed by the State President) as amended by South African Transport Services Act, No. 65 of 1981 Repeal of Laws Act, No. 94 of 1981 Conditions of Employment (South African Transport Services) Act, No. 16 of 1983 General Law Amendment Act, No. 49 of 1996 ACT To repeal sections 5, 13 and 14 of the Railway Expropriation Act, 1955, to amend section 15 of the said Act and to amend section 2 of the Railways and Harbours Control and Management (Consolidation) Act, 1957, to provide for certain matters connected with the construction or deviation of any railway, the expropriation of land and servitudes for the construction of pipelines for the conveyance of solids, liquids or gases and for certain acts necessary for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, altering or repairing a railway or pipeline; to amend section 38 of the Railways and Harbours Control and Management (Consolidation) Act, 1957, so as to provide for amended rates of compensation for certain stock killed or injured by trains; to amend section 57 of the said Act so as to provide for the appointment of reservists in the South African Railways Police; to amend section 70 of the said Act so as to increase the renumeration for the making and maintenance of firebreaks on land adjoining the railway; to substitute the Third Schedule to the said Act so as to provide for amended rates of compensation in respect of the loss, destruction or deterioration of certain live animals transported by a railway; to insert section 12A in the Railways and Harbours Service Act, 1960, so as to provide for the retirement of a servant prior to the date of his superannuation; to substitute section 14 of the said Act so as to amend the provisions with regard to payment on retirement in lieu of accumulated leave; to amend section 16 of the said Act so as to amend the conditions with regard to the age of retirement of certain servants in the airways department of the Service; to amend section 23 of the said Act so as to amend the designation of the grade of ticket examiner; to amend section 32 of the said Act so as to amend the provision with regard to the validation of certain changes in conditions of employment; to amend section 1 of the Railways and Harbours Pensions Act, 1971, so as to amend the definition of “paymonth” and to insert a new definition “General Manager”; to substitute section 19 of the said Act so that the moneys vested in the Administration in terms of the said section may also be utilized for house ownership scheme loans; to substitute the Schedule to the Second Railway Construction Act, 1971, so as to ratify an amended guarantee agreement between the South African Railways and the Transvaal Coal Owners Association (1923) (Pty.) Ltd. for the construction of a guaranteed line of railway between Ermelo and Broodsnyersplaas; to amend section 1 of the Railways and Harbours Loans Act, 1973, so as to obviate delays in negotiating loan agreements; to provide for the entering into of agreements with the Rhodesia Railways for the working and maintenance of the railway line over Beit Bridge; and to provide for other incidental matters. 1 to 4 inclusive. . . . . . . [Ss. 1 to 4 inclusive repealed by s. 1 (2) of Act No. 94 of 1981.] 5 to 9 inclusive. . . . . . . [Ss. 5 to 9 inclusive repealed by s. 76 of Act No. 65 of 1981.] 10 to 14 inclusive. . . . . . . [Ss. 10 to 14 inclusive repealed by s. 38 of Act No. 16 of 1983.] 15. Amends section 1 of the Railways and Harbours Pensions Act, No. 35 of 1971, as follows:—paragraph (a) substitutes the definition of “paymonth” (date of commencement 16 February, 1975); and paragraph (b) inserts the definition of “General Manager” (date of commencement 16 February, 1975). 16. Substitutes section 19 of the Railways and Harbours Pensions Act, No. 35 of 1971 (date of commencement 1 April, 1975). 17 and 18. . . . . . . [Ss. 17 and 18 repealed by s. 1 (2) of Act No. 94 of 1981.] 19. Agreement with Rhodesia Railways for the working and maintenance of the railway line over Beit Bridge.—(1) Notwithstanding the provisions contained in the Second Schedule to the Railways Construction Act, 1927 (Act No. 30 of 1927), as amended by the Schedule to the Messina— Limpopo Railway (Supplementary Agreement) Act, 1942 (Act No. 28 of 1942), the Administration may, in terms of the provisions of Section 2 of the Railways and Harbours Control and Management (Consolidation) Act, 1957 (Act No. 70 of 1957), enter into agreements with the Rhodesia Railways concerning the working and maintenance of the line of railway over the bridge, and the extension thereof, referred to in the said Acts and Schedules. (2) Subsection (1) shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 October 1974. 20. . . . . . . [S. 20 repealed by s. 1 of Act No. 49 of 1996.] 21. Short title.—This Act shall be called the Railways and Harbours Acts Amendment Act, 1975.