| (1) | Every person who carries out any beekeeping activities shall register with the Department. |
| (2) | An applicant shall, on the form obtainable from the executive officer furnish the Department with— |
| (a) | in the case of a natural person, his or her— |
| (ii) | registration number (if previously registered); |
| (iii) | physical and postal address; |
| (iv) | fixed line and cellular phone number; |
| (v) | fax number (if applicable); and |
| (b) | in the case of a juristic person, the— |
| (i) | name of the juristic person; |
| (ii) | name of the responsible beekeeper; |
| (iii) | registration number of the juristic person (if previously registered); |
| (iv) | physical and postal address of the juristic person; |
| (v) | fixed line phone number of the juristic person; |
| (vi) | cellular phone number of the beekeeper of the juristic person; |
| (vii) | fax number of the juristic person (if applicable); and |
| (viii) | e-mail address of the juristic person; and |
| (c) | information regarding the— |
| (i) | nature of the beekeeping activities; and |
| (ii) | the number of colonies kept; and |
| (d) | any other information requested on the form obtainable from the executive officer. |
| (3) | Every beekeeper shall on first registration be assigned a permanent registration number by the Department. |
| (4) | Registration shall be for a period of twenty four months from the date of registration or renewal of registration and shall be renewable on expiry of the registration period. |
| (5) | In the case of failure to comply with control measure 2(4), a registered beekeeper shall be deregistered and shall face penalties in terms of the Act. |
| (6) | The beekeeper shall inform the Department within a reasonable time of any changes in the information required under control measure 2 (2). |
| (7) | The beekeeper shall notify the Department in the event that he ceases to carry out beekeeping activities. |
| (8) | No person may conduct any beekeeping activities unless they are in possession of a valid registration certificate issued in terms of control measure 2 (1). |
| (9) | No person may utilise the services of a beekeeper for the purposes of carrying out any beekeeping activities unless the beekeeper is in possession of a valid registration certificate issued in terms of control measure 2 (1). |
[Clause 2 substituted by Section 3 of Notice No. R.1511, GG 42850, dated 22 November 2019]
