Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act, 1983

9. Provisions of schemes

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(1) The Minister may in a notice by which a scheme is established—
(a) set out the objects of the scheme;
(b) mention the areas in which and the periods during which the scheme shall apply;
(c) mention the acts in respect of which assistance may be rendered under the scheme;
(d) mention the basis for the determination of subsidies which may be paid under the scheme;
(e) determine the requirements which have to be complied with in order to qualify for assistance under the scheme;
(f) determine the procedure with regard to the lodging of an application in terms of the scheme;
(g) require that particular reports with regard to the progress and completion of the act concerned shall be submitted at specified times;
(h) mention the conditions on which assistance may be rendered under the scheme;
(i) provide that—
(i) any subsidy or grant paid or made under section 6 of the Soil Conservation Act, 1969 (Act No. 76 of 1969), and the conditions, determined or prescribed under that section, upon which it was so paid or made; or
(ii) any financial or other assistance rendered under section 5(1)(b) of the Weeds Act, 1937 (Act No. 42 of 1937), and the conditions, determined under that section, upon which it was so rendered,

shall be deemed to be assistance rendered under the scheme, and the conditions on which such assistance has been so rendered; and

(j) provide generally for any other matter which, in the opinion of the Minister, is necessary or expedient in order to promote or achieve the objects of the scheme, and the generality of this provision shall not be limited by the preceding paragraph of this subsection.

 

(2) Any person who—
(a) after his application for participation in a scheme has been approved, refuses or fails to comply with the provisions of the scheme; or
(b) refuses or fails to satisfy the conditions on which assistance has been rendered in terms of a scheme or are in terms of a scheme deemed to have been so rendered,

shall be guilty of an offence.