An application for a permit referred to in section 6(1)(a) of the Act for the importation into the Republic of an animal, a parasite or a contaminated or infectious thing shall—
| (a) | be made on a form that is obtainable for this purpose from the director or a quarantine master; |
| (b) | be submitted to reach the office of the director at least six weeks before the animal, parasite or thing concerned is removed from or out of any place outside the Republic for the purpose of importing it into the Republic: Provided that the director may, if he is satisfied that a permit may be issued immediately upon the receipt of such application, waive this requirement; |
| (c) | in the case of an animal, semen, ova or eggs referred to in section 16 (1) of the Livestock Improvement Act, 1977 (Act 25 of 1977), be accompanied by the written authority referred to in the aforesaid section of the said Act; and |
| (d) | in the case of an animal or thing in respect of which the director requires that it has to be detained in a quarantine station, be accompanied by the applicable written confirmation contemplated in section 5 (4) of the Act and a confirmation that the fees referred to in regulation 7 were paid. |
