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CHAPTER 71:10
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I
PRELIMINARY SECTION
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
PART II
ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORITY
3. Establishment of Authority.
4. Management.
5. Composition of Board.
6. Chief Executive Officer.
7. Secretary.
8. Tenure of office, resignation, etc., of Directors.
9. Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of Authority.
10. Procedure and meetings of Authority.
11. Appointment of officers and employees of Authority.
12. Constitution of committees.
13. Indemnity of officers and employees of Authority.
14. Delegation of powers.
15. Power of authority to co-opt persons.
PART III
GERNERAL POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF AUTHORITY
16. General powers, duties and functions of Authority.
17. Licence.
18. Renewal, suspension or cancellation of licence.
19. Temporary suspension or refusal to renew licence.
20. Appeal.
21. Powers of authorised persons.
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22. Power of Authority to dispose of livestock or livestock products in
certain circumstances.
PART IV
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
23. Funds.
24. Maintenance of accounts.
25. Audit of accounts.
26. Annual reports by Authority.
27. Budget.
PART V
MISCELLANEOUS
28. Punishment for contravening provisions under section 17, etc.
29. Punishment for default in obeying auditor's summons.
30. Power to make regulations.
31. Transfer and vesting.
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1 of 2010
An Act to promote greater efficiency in the livestock and
livestock product industry and to provide
enhanced services in livestock husbandry,
livestock health and research and to establish the
Guyana Livestock Development Authority so as to
make provision for effective administration and
regulation of trade, commerce and export of
livestock or livestock products and for matters
related or incidental.
[21st AUGUST 2010]
CHAPTER 71:10
AUTHORITY ACT
GUYANA LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT
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Short title.

Interpretation.
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Guyana Livestock
Development Authority Act.
2. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise
requires—
"Authority" means the Guyana Livestock Development
Authority established under section 3;
"Authorised person" means any officer, employee or other
person authorised by an order in writing under the
hand of the Chief Executive Officer to do an act or
perform a duty or to carry out an order;
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Authority;
"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Authority to be
appointed by the Minister;
"Department" means the Department of Livestock and
Pasture in the National Agricultural Research
Institute established under the National Agricultural
Research Institute of Guyana Act;
"Director" means a Director of the Board and includes the
Chairperson;
"Division" means the Animal Services Division of the Ministry
of Agriculture;
"licence" means a licence to engage in the trade or export of
livestock or process, trade or export of livestock
products granted under section 17;

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Establishment
of Authority.
Management.
"Livestock" means any cattle, calf, horse, mare, gelding, colt,
filly, poultry, swine, goat or any other animal or bird
which the Minister may, by order, notify for the
purposes of this Act;
"Minister'' means the Minister responsible for Agriculture;
"Programme" means the National Dairy Development
Programme of the Ministry of Agriculture;
"Secretary" means the Secretary to the Board appointed under
section 5 (2).
(2) Words and expression not defined in this Act
but defined in the Livestock Improvement Act, the Animals
(Movement and Disease Prevention) Act, the Slaughter of
Cattle (Control) Act, the Veterinarians Act shall have the
respective meanings assigned to them in those Acts.
PART II
ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORITY
3. The Minister shall establish a body corporate to be
known as the Guyana Livestock Development Authority.
4. (1) The administration and management of the
Authority and its affairs shall vest in a Board, which may
exercise all the powers and do all acts and things as may be
exercised or done by the Authority in accordance with the
provisions of this Act.
(2) The Authority shall, in discharging its
functions, act on national and commercial considerations
subject to the directions of the Minister from time to time.
(3) The Minister may suspend the execution of any
resolution or order of the Board as in the opinion of the
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Composition of
board.
Minister contravenes the provisions of this Act, or the
directions referred to in subsection (2) or prohibit the doing of
any act which is being done in pursuance of a resolution or if
the act has been done, order its rectification in the manner as
may be directed.
5. (1) The Minister shall constitute the Board
comprising fifteen Directors of whom no more than eight
Directors shall represent the Government and seven Directors
shall be chosen by the Minister from nominations submitted
by the associations or interest groups including poultry
producers, pig producers, cattle farmers, agro processors,
beekeepers and traders and exporters of livestock or livestock
products.
(2) A Secretary, who shall be an ex-officio Director
and shall be appointed by the Board with the approval of the
Minister.
(3) The Minister shall appoint a Director as the
Chairperson.
(4) The seal of the Authority shall be kept in the
custody of the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary and
shall be authenticated by the signatures of the Chief Executive
Officer and the Secretary.
(5) Every document purporting to be an
instrument duly executed under the seal of the Authority
shall be received in evidence and deemed, without further
proof, to be so executed, unless the contrary is proved.
(6) The documents, other than those required by
law to be made under seal and all decisions, of the Authority
may be signified under the hand of the Chief Executive
Officer or the Secretary.
(7) The Chairperson and other Directors of the
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officer.

Secretary.
Tenure of office,
resignation etc.,
of Directors.
Board shall be paid the allowances as the Minister may
determine.
6. (1) The Chief Executive Officer who shall be
appointed by the Board shall—
(a) be a full-time officer of the Authority
unless the Minister directs otherwise;
(b) perform the duties as may be
specified or as may be assigned to
him by the Authority;
(c) be directly responsible to the Board in
the discharge of his functions.
(2) The Chief Executive Officer shall be assisted in
his functions by the officers and employees of the Authority
as the Board may, on the recommendations of the
Chairperson, direct.
(3) The Chief Executive Officer shall be paid the
remuneration as the Board may determine.
7. (1) The Secretary shall act as the secretary to the
Board at its meetings and shall, subject to the directions of the
Board, arrange the business of the Board and cause to be
recorded and kept the minutes of the meetings of the Board.
(2) The Secretary shall perform other functions as
the Board may in writing direct or as the Chief Executive
officer may in writing delegate to him.
(3) The Secretary shall be paid the remuneration as
the Board may determine.
8. (1) A Director shall hold office for a period of two
years from the date he assumes his office but shall be eligible
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Vacancies etc.,
not invalidate
proceedings of
Authority.

for re-appointment.
(2) The Chairperson may at any time resign his
office by notice in writing addressed to the Minister.
(3) A Director may at any time resign his office by
notice in writing addressed to the Chairperson.
(4) No resignation under this section shall take
effect until it is accepted by the Minister or the Chairperson,
as the case may be.
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in
subsection (1) to (3), the Minister may at any time remove any
Director from office by reason of incompetence, disability,
bankruptcy, gross neglect of duty or misconduct proven to
the satisfaction of the Minister:
Provided that no Director shall be removed from office
without giving him an opportunity of being heard.
9. (1) Subject to a quorum, no act or proceeding of the
Board shall be invalid merely by reason of any—
(a) vacancy in, or defect in the
constitution of the Board;
(b) defect in the appointment of a person
acting as a Director;
(c) irregularity in the procedure of the
Board not affecting the merits of the
case.
(2) Any vacancy of the office of a Director shall be
filled by a person who shall, subject to the provisions of this
Act, hold the office for the remainder of the period of the
vacancy.
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Procedure and
meetings of
Authority.

10. (1) The Board shall meet at least once every month
for the transaction of its business at the place and time and on
the days as the Board may determine.
(2) The Chairperson shall, within seven days of the
receipt of a requisition in writing addressed to him by four or
more Directors, summon a special meeting to consider the
matters contained in the requisition.
(3) The Chairperson shall preside over all the
meetings of the Board and in his absence, the Directors
present shall elect one of their numbers to preside over a
meeting.
(4) Where the Chairperson is unable to perform the
functions of his office owing to his absence from Guyana or
inability or for any other reason, the Minister may appoint
any Director to act as Chairperson during the time the
absence or inability continues.
(5) The Chairperson or in his absence the Director
elected or appointed to preside under this section and five
other Directors shall form a quorum.
(6) A Director shall not attend a meeting of the
Board or take part in any deliberation in respect of any matter
in which he has direct or indirect pecuniary or other interest
and the interest shall be recorded in the minutes of the
meeting.
(7) A Director who fails to disclose the interest
referred to in subsection (6) shall be liable to be removed from
the Board.
(8) Minutes in proper form shall be kept by the
Secretary, shall be con-firmed as soon as practicable at a
subsequent meeting of the Board and signed by the Secretary
and certified copies of the minutes when so confirmed shall
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Appointment
of officers and
employees of
Authority.
be forwarded to the Minister within the period determined by
the Board.
(9) The Board shall take decisions on the basis of a
simple majority of the Directors present and voting and in the
event of equality of votes, the person presiding shall have a
second or casting vote.
(10) No Director shall personally sponsor or
recommend any application for employment of any person
under this Act.
(11) The names of Directors as first constituted and
every change in the constitution of the Board shall be
published in the Gazette.
(12) Subject to this section, the Board shall have the
power to regulate its own proceedings.
11. (1) The Board may appoint as many officers,
advisers, experts, consultants or employees as it considers
necessary for the efficient discharge of its functions on the
terms and conditions as it may deem fit, subject to the general
or special directions as the Minister may give to it from time
to time.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in
subsection (1), on and from the commencement of this Act, all
officers and employees of the Department, Division and
Programme shall be deemed to be officers and employees of
the Authority.
(3) The officers and employees of the Department,
Division and Programme shall be employed on terms and
conditions as may be agreed upon between the Board and
each person so employed.

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Constitution of
committees.
Indemnity of
officers and
employees of
Authority

(4) The terms and conditions referred to in
subsection (3), taken as a whole, shall not be less favourable
than those applicable to an officer or employee of the
Department, Division and Programme immediately before
the date of commencement of this Act.
(5) The Authority shall, in respect of the persons so
employed under subsection (3), be the successor to the
Government with regard to the officer's or employee's leave
and superannuation rights and benefits, whether accrued,
earned, inchoate or contingent.
(6) For the purpose of every law, determination or
agreement relating to the employment of persons under
subsection (3), including the determination of and right to
receive superannuation benefits, the employment shall be
deemed to have been uninterrupted and the period of service
of each officer or employee of the Department, Division and
Programme, and every other period of service of that officer
or employee that is recognised as continuous employment
with the Government shall be deemed to have been a period
of service with the Authority.
(7) No person employed under subsection (3) shall
be entitled to receive any payment of compensation or other
benefit by reason of this Act.
12. The Authority may constitute as many committees
as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
13. Every Director, adviser, officer, expert, consultant
or employee of the Authority shall be indemnified by it
against all losses and expenses sustained or incurred by him
in the discharge of the duties of his office, save where such
losses and expenses are sustained or incurred as a result of his
own wilful act or default.

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Delegation of
powers.
Power of
Authority to
co-opt persons.
General powers,
duties and
functions of
Authority.
14. The Authority may, by general or special order in
writing, delegate, to any of its Directors, advisers, officers,
experts, consultants or employees or the committees
constituted under section 12, any of its powers, duties or
functions under this Act subject to the conditions as it may
deem fit to impose.
15. The Authority may co-opt any person for any
period whose assistance or advice it may need in carrying out
any of the provisions of this Act.
PART III
GENERAL POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF
AUTHORITY
16. (1) In accordance with the provisions of this Act
and subject to the general or special directions the Minister
may give from time to time, the Authority shall take measures
to carry out any of the tasks in the livestock or livestock
product industry.
(2) In relation to the tasks referred to in subsection
(1), the Authority shall be responsible for—
(a) preparing plans and undertaking or
causing to be undertaken studies to
determine the economic, technical or
other feasibility of projects to be
undertaken;
(b) presenting any schemes to the
Minister for his approval;
(c) implementing and executing any
schemes approved by the Minister;
(d) participating in national or
international fairs and exhibitions;
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(e) managing, on behalf of the Minister,
projects and activities, on terms and
conditions as the Minister may
specify;
(f) administering on behalf of the
Minister, any supportive programme;
(g) promoting and guiding the formation
of co-operatives;
(h) collecting, analysing, storing and
disseminating any data or
information;
(i) monitoring or assessing opportunities
and problems affecting production
and marketing with a view to making
appropriate representation to the
relevant authorities;
(j) providing a forum for communication
among livestock farmers, traders and
exporters;
(k) maintaining a register of livestock
farmers, processors, traders and
exporters;
(1) advising and influencing policy-
makers;
(m) identifying and implementing the
research, development and training
needs and providing development
opportunities;

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(n) operating auction yards to facilitate
the sale of livestock or livestock
products;
(o) prescribing quality guidelines for the
sale of livestock or livestock products;
(p) establishing and describing standards
for the purpose of grading any
livestock or livestock products;
(q) authorising any officer to discharge
the functions and perform the duties
as required by any written law;
(r) providing veterinary service to
livestock farmers, establishing and
maintaining surveillance systems,
inspecting hatcheries and processing
facilities and ensuring compliance
with national and international
animal health standards and
guidelines;
(s) providing and having farmers' access
to approved genetic materials to be
used in upgrading the domestic
livestock population based on market
demands and consumer preferences;
(t) regulating the importation and
exportation of genetic material for
livestock development, including live
animals, liquid and frozen semen,
frozen embryos and other material;
(u) regulating the functions of livestock
breeders associations and maintaining
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a register of breeds of livestock in
Guyana;
(v) assisting farmers to develop cost
effective and sustainable livestock
production systems through the use
of appropriate and market driven
technologies;
(w) regulating the rearing and slaughter
of livestock according to acceptable
international standards;
(x) authorising the Veterinary Authority
to discharge the functions and
perform the duties under this Act or
any written law; and
(y) undertaking other functions as are
necessary in the successful execution
and management of livestock or
livestock product industry.
(3) The Authority may, subject to the general or
special directions of the Minister, assist and encourage the
private sector in establishing and running projects in the
livestock or livestock product industry.
17. (1) A person who wants to engage in the trade or
export of livestock or process, trade or export of livestock
products shall apply to the Authority for a licence to do so.
(2) The application for licence shall be on a form
determined by the Minister and accompanied by the
prescribed fee.
(3) The Authority may call on the applicant to
show by documentary evidence that he is capable of engaging
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Renewal,
suspension or
cancellation of
licence.

Temporary
suspension or
refusal to renew
licence.
in the business for which he is seeking a licence.
(4) If the Authority is satisfied after inspecting the
premises, facilities and equipment and considering the
application that the applicant is qualified under subsection
(3), the Authority may grant the licence, specifying the terms
and conditions under which the licence is granted.
18. The Authority may refuse to renew or may
suspend or cancel a licence if it is of the opinion that—
(a) the premises, facilities or equipment
used by the licensee in connection
with the trade or export of livestock
or process, trade or export of livestock
products does not comply with any of
the provisions of this Act or any other
written law; or
(b) the licensee has wilfully violated any
order or direction of the Authority:
Provided that no licence shall be refused to be renewed,
suspended or cancelled without giving the licensee an
opportunity of being heard.
19. The Authority may, by an order in writing,
temporarily suspend or refuse to renew a licence for a period
of thirty days or any other period as it may determine
without hearing the licensee, where it is satisfied that it is
necessary to immediately intervene in the interests of—
(a) the safety or health of any person or
the public;
(b) the persons selling livestock or
livestock products to the licensee:

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Powers of
authorised
persons.
Provided that no order of temporary suspension or
refusal to renew a licence shall be made final without giving
the licensee an opportunity of being heard.
20. (1) Any person aggrieved by an order of the
Authority may appeal to the Minister within thirty days from
the date of receipt of the order and the Minister shall dispose
of the appeal within thirty days from the date of receipt of
appeal.
(2) The Minister may direct the Authority to
submit a full report of the matter being appealed within a
specified time.
(3) The Minister may, after considering the appeal
and the report and after affording the appellant an
opportunity of being heard, give his decision.
21. (1) An authorised person may at any reasonable
time, enter upon and search any place or premises or vehicle
in which he has reasonable ground to believe that an offence
under this Act or that an act, procedure, matter or thing that
forms part of the trade or export of livestock or process, trade
or export of livestock products is being or has been done or
performed without licence or in contravention of any of the
provisions of this Act or an order of the Minister and shall
seize any livestock or livestock product found on the
premises, place or vehicle used in the commission of the
offence.
(2) The authorised person may require from any
person found on the premises, place or vehicle referred to in
subsection (1), the production of any books, records or other
documents relating to the trade or export of any livestock or
process, trade or export of livestock product and may also
require the furnishing of copies of or extracts from the books,
records or other documents.

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Power of
authority to
dispose of
livestock or
livestock
product in
certain
circumstances.
(3) The authorised person may lay a complaint
before a court of summary jurisdiction in respect of any
alleged offence against the licensee or person who committed
an offence and the court may order—
(a) that the livestock or livestock product
seized under subsection (1) be
disposed of in the manner as the court
may think fit in the event of the court
convicting any person of any offence;
(b) that the livestock or livestock product
be returned to the licensee or owner
in the event of no person being
prosecuted within a reasonable time
or where the person prosecuted is
acquitted by the court.
(4) Notwithstanding anything in this section,
where perishables are seized by the authorised person they
may be disposed of as soon as is convenient.
(5) The authorised person shall not refuse to
inspect or mark or give any certificate respecting any
livestock or livestock product found in any place, premises or
vehicle which he considers to be unsanitary or unsuitable for
inspection purposes.
22. (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, where
diseased or contaminated livestock or livestock products or
perishables are seized by the authorised person, they may be
disposed of in accordance with the directions of the Authority
and at the expense of the person responsible for the trade or
export of the livestock or process, trade or export of livestock
product.
(2) Where necessary, the Authority may order the
authorized person to delay a shipment of livestock or
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Maintenance of
accounts.
livestock product until the completion of any inspection or
search.
PART IV
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
23. (1) The funds of the Authority shall be utilised by
it to meet expenses in connection with its duties and functions
under this Act including salaries, remuneration or allowance
of any Director, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary, advisers,
experts, consultants, officers and employees of the Authority.
(2) The funds of the Authority shall consist of
any—
(a) amount made available from the
Consolidated Fund;
(b) investment, grant or loan received
from the Government;
(c) charges for the management of any
task;
(d) grant, financial assistance received
from national or international
agencies or organisations; or
(e) any other sums received by the
Authority.
24. (1) The Authority shall maintain complete and
accurate accounts in the manner approved by the Minister.
(2) The Board may by resolution make rules for the
proper administration and control of the finances of the
Authority consistent with sound accounting and financial
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Audit of
accounts.

Annual Report
by Authority.
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standards and in accordance with any written law.
25. (1) The accounts of the Authority shall be audited
annually by the Auditor-General.
(2) Any Director, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary
or any other officer or employee of the Authority shall, at all
reasonable times, grant the Auditor General access to all
books, documents, cash, returns, securities, stores and other
property of the Authority and shall give the Auditor General,
on request, all information within his knowledge in relation
to the financial operations of the Authority.
(3) The Auditor General shall have power to
summon and examine any person whom he thinks fit for the
purpose of obtaining information in connection with the
examination and audit of the accounts of the Authority and
with any other matter or thing necessary for the performance
of the functions vested in him.
26. Subject to the provisions of Part XII of the Fiscal
Management and Accountability Act the Authority shall, not
later than four months after the end of each financial year,
submit to the Minister an annual report containing—
(a) an account of its functioning for the
preceding financial year in the detail
as the Minister may direct;
(b) an audited statement of accounts of
the Authority audited under section
25;
(c) a description of specific projects,
programmes or activities; and
(d) the progress on any other general or
specific directions given by the
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Punishment for
contravening
provision under
section 17, etc.
Punishment for
default in
obeying
auditor’s
summons.


Power to make
regulations.
Minister.
27. Subject to the provisions of Part XII of the Fiscal
Management and Accountability Act, the Authority shall, not
later than ninety days before the end of each financial year, or
any earlier time as required by the Minister responsible for
finance, prepare and submit to that Minister, an annual
budget for the next financial year, containing a revenue and
expenditure budget, a capital budget and cash flow
projection.
PART V
MISCELLANEOUS
28. Any person who engages in the trade or export of
livestock or process, trade or export of livestock products in
contravention of section 17 or fails to comply with any other
provision of this Act or who resists, hinders, threatens or
intimidates an authorised person in the exercise of his powers
under this Act commits an offence and is liable, on summary
conviction, to a fine of one hundred thousand dollars, and, in
the case of a continuing offence, to an additional fine of fifty
thousand dollars for every day the offence continues after
conviction.
29. Any person referred to in subsection (2) of section
25 and summoned by the Auditor General under subsection
(3) of that section, who without reasonable excuse makes
default in obeying the summons commits an offence and is
liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of fifty thousand
dollars and imprisonment for three months.
30. (1) The Minister may make regulations for
carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to
generality of the powers mentioned in subsection (1), the
regulations may provide for—
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(a) establishing and describing standards
for the purpose of grading any
livestock or livestock product;
(b) the issuing of grading certificates and
prescribing the form for any matter;
(c) the manner and form of keeping the
accounts of the Authority;
(d) the recruitment of officers, advisers,
consultants, experts and other
employees of the Authority;
(e) the manner in which samples of any
livestock product may be taken for
inspection;
(f) the manner and conditions of
grading, inspection, packing,
branding and marking of any
livestock or livestock product;
(g) the manner in which and the
conditions under which any livestock
or livestock product shall be stored,
transported, delivered, shipped,
advertised, purchased, sold, offered
or displayed for sale and the types,
sizes, branding, marking and labelling
of packages or containers in which
any livestock or livestock product
shall be contained;
(h) the manner, terms and conditions of
issuing licences and prescribing their
duration and the fees payable;
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Transfer and
vesting.
(i) the terms and conditions of service of
the officers, advisers, consultants,
experts and other employees of the
Authority;
(j) the functions of the advisers;
(k) the date on which and the form in
which the annual budget statement of
the Authority shall be submitted each
year;
(1) the procedure for appropriation and
re-appropriation of moneys at the
credit of the Authority;
(m) the manner and form in which
returns, reports and statements shall
be submitted;
(n) the investment of surplus moneys;
(o) the sale or transfer of projects or other
property of the Authority;
(p) such other matters relating to the
administration and other affairs of the
Authority as the Minister thinks fit.
31.(1) On and from the date of commencement of this
Act, all the assets and liabilities of the Department, Division
and Programme, shall stand transferred to, and vested in, the
Authority.
(2) The assets referred to in subsection (1) shall be
deemed to include all rights and powers and all properties,
whether movable or immovable, including the rights and
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Authority.
interests of any offices of the Department, Division and
Programme and any offices of the Regional Democratic
Council that are being utilised exclusively for livestock,
livestock product industry or animal services and all other
interests and rights in, or arising out of, such properties as
may be in the possession of the Department, Division and
Programme, and all books of account and other documents
relating to the same.
(3) The liabilities referred to in subsection (1) shall
be deemed to include all debts, liabilities and obligations of
whatever kind.
(4) Without prejudice to the provisions of
subsection (1), all debts, obligations and liabilities incurred,
all contracts entered into and all matters and things engaged
to be done by, with or for the Department, Division and
Programme immediately before the date of commencement of
this Act, for or in connection with the purpose of the
Department, Division and Programme, shall be deemed to
have been incurred, entered into or engaged to be done by,
with or for, the Authority.
(5) All sums of money due to the Department,
Division and Programme immediately before the date of
commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be due to the
Authority and all suits and other legal proceedings instituted
or which could have been instituted by or against the
Department, Division and Programme immediately before
that date may be continued or may be instituted by or against
the Authority.
(6) The Veterinary Authority shall exercise the
functions and discharge the duties authorised by the Guyana
Livestock Development Authority Act, for the purposes of
this Act or of any written law.
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