This Act may be cited as the Marketing Amendment Act 1953, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Marketing Act 1936 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

The Marketing Department, established under section four of the principal Act, is hereby abolished.

All rights, powers, duties, functions, discretions, liabilities, and contracts exercisable by, vested in, or binding on the Marketing Department shall, on the commencement of this Act, become exercisable by, vested in, or binding on the Department of Agriculture.

All documents made or things done by the Marketing Department before the commencement of this Act in the exercise or performance of any powers, duties, or functions heretofore conferred or imposed on that Department shall, in so far as they are subsisting or in force at the commencement of this Act, enure for all purposes in all respects as if they had been made or done by the Department of Agriculture, and accordingly shall, where necessary, be deemed to have been so made or done.

All references to the Marketing Department in any Act, regulation, rule, by-law, order, or other enactment, or in any contract, agreement, deed, instrument, judgment, application, licence, notice, or other document whatsoever, shall, unless inconsistent with the context, be hereafter read as references to the Department of Agriculture.

All rights, powers, duties, functions, discretions, liabilities, and contracts exercisable by, vested in, or binding on the Minister of Marketing shall, on the commencement of this Act, become exercisable by, vested in, or binding on the Minister of Agriculture.

All documents made or things done by the Minister of Marketing before the commencement of this Act in the exercise or performance of any powers, duties, or functions heretofore conferred or imposed on him shall, in so far as they are subsisting or in force at the commencement of this Act, enure for all purposes in all respects as if they had been made or done by the Minister of Agriculture, and accordingly shall, where necessary, be deemed to have been so made or done.

All references to the Minister of Marketing in any Act, regulation, rule, by-law, order, or other enactment, or in any contract, agreement, deed, instrument, judgment, application, licence, notice, or other document whatsoever, shall, unless inconsistent with the context, be hereafter read as references to the Minister of Agriculture.

All rights, powers, duties, functions, discretions, liabilities, and contracts exercisable by, vested in, or binding on the Director of Marketing shall, on the commencement of this Act, become exercisable by, vested in, or binding on the Director-General of Agriculture.

All documents made or things done by the Director of Marketing before the commencement of this Act in the exercise or performance of any powers, duties, or functions heretofore conferred or imposed on him shall, in so far as they are subsisting or in force at the commencement of this Act, enure for all purposes in all respects as if they had been made or done by the Director-General of Agriculture, and accordingly shall, where necessary, be deemed to have been so made or done.

All references to the Director of Marketing in any Act, regulation, rule, by-law, order, or other enactment, or in any contract, agreement, deed, instrument, judgment, application, licence, notice, or other document whatsoever, shall, unless inconsistent with the context, be hereafter read as references to the Director-General of Agriculture.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Act, any action or other proceeding pending or in progress in any Court at the commencement of this Act may be continued and completed as if this Act had not been passed.

The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Act are hereby amended in the manner indicated in that Schedule.