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ASTRONOMY GEOGRAPHIC ADVANTAGE ACT (21/2007): DECLARATION OF THE KAROO CENTRAL ASTRONOMY AND SUTHERLAND CENTRAL ASTRONOMY ADVANTAGE AREAS IN TERMS OF THE ASTRONOMY GEOGRAPHIC ADVANTAGE ACT

Posted 16 April 2014

The Minister of Science and Technology withdraws notices number 141 and 140 published under Gazette Number 37397 on 28 February 2014 and replaces it with notices set out in GNR 198 and 199, dated 12 March 2014, in which he declared the areas indicated in the schedule thereto as the Karoo Central Astronomy Advantage Areas and Sutherland Central Astronomy Advantage Area respectively, for the purpose of radio astronomy and related scientific endeavours in terms of section 9(1) and (2) of the Astronomy Geographic Advantage Act 21 of 2007.