Animal Diseases Act, 1984 (Act No. 35 of 1984)14. Assumption of control over land by director |
| (1) | The director may, whenever he deems it necessary for any controlled purpose, declare by written notice served in the prescribed manner on any owner or manager of land, that he assumes as from a specified date control over land defined in the notice, including all fences, structures, facilities or improvements on the land, or only such fences, structures, facilities or improvements specified therein, for a period specified therein or for such period as the director may deem necessary. |
| (2) | The director may at any time after the service of a notice, and as from the date specified therein— |
| (a) | enter upon and occupy the land, and take with him such assistants, officers, conveyances, appliances, instruments, tools, remedies and other things as he may deem necessary for his purpose; |
| (b) | establish a camp, together with the necessary accessories and equipment, on the land, and construct a road giving access thereto; |
| (c) | remove any vegetation on the land; |
| (d) | erect any fence or gate thereon, or alter or remove any existing fence or gate; |
| (e) | use any suitable place on the land for the destruction or other disposal of any controlled animal or thing, irrespective of whether it originated from or was found on the land, or not; |
| (f) | make use of grazing, fuel and water; |
| (g) | perform any act on the land which an owner or manager of the land is required in terms of this Act to perform, and recover any expenditure connected therewith from the owner or manager; and |
| (h) | perform such other acts on or in respect of the land as he may for the relevant controlled purpose deem necessary. |
| (3) | The director shall not— |
| (a) | effect any structural alterations; or |
| (b) | erect any permanent structures, except fences, |
on any land over which he has assumed control under this section, unless the Minister has previously consented thereto.