12 Regulations The Minister may make regulations providing for all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed or which, in his or her opinion, are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act. 13 Transitional provision (1) Anything done in terms of any provision of the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) (Acquisition of Farm Equipment or Material) Regulations, 2003, published in Statutory Instrument 273A of 2003, shall be deemed to have been done in terms of the corresponding provision of this Act. (2) This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 15th December, 2003. 14 Amendment of section 5 of Cap. 20:10 (1) Section 5 ("Preliminary notice of compulsory acquisition") of the Land Acquisition Act [Chapter 20:10] ("the principal Act") is amended⎯ (a) in subsection (4) by the deletion of "two years" wherever it occurs and the substitution of "ten years"; (b) in subsection (9) in paragraph (c) by the deletion from subparagraph (i) of "thirty days" and the substitution of "five days". (2) Subsection (4) of section 5 of the principal Act as amended by this Act shall apply⎯ (a) to every notice issued in terms of subsection (1) or (3) of section 5 of the principal Act before the date of commencement of this Act and in force at such date; (b) to a fresh notice issued in terms of subsection (1) (or (3) of section 5 of the principal Act after the date of commencement of this Act in respect of land subjected to a previous notice which has lapsed before such date. -7-