National legislation envisaged in section 217(3) of the new Constitution must be enacted within three years of the date on which the new Constitution took effect, but the absence of this legislation during this period does not prevent the implementation of the policy referred to in section 217(2).
Umthetho wesizwe ekuthethwa ngawo kwicandelo 217 (3) lomGaqo-siseko omtsha kufuneka wenziwe ngethuba leminyaka emithathu ukususela kumhla owaqala ngawo ukusebenza umGaqo-siseko omtsha, kodwa ukungabi kho kwalo mthetho ngeli thuba akukuthinteli ukusebenziseka kwenkqubo-sikhokelo ekuthethwa ngayo kwicandelo 217 (2).