Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act, 1983 (Act No. 43 of 1983)RegulationsRegulations in terms of Conservation of Agricultural Resources ActPart I : Control Measures8. Regulating of the flow pattern of run-off water |
| (1) | Subject to the provisions of the Water Act, 1956 (Act No. 54 of 1956), no land user shall in any manner whatsoever divert any run-off water from a water course on his farm unit to any other water course, except on authority of a written permission by the executive officer. |
| (2) | The provisions of subregulation (1) shall not apply in respect of run-off water that is diverted from one water course to another in terms of the provisions of a water run-off control plan approved by the department. |
| (3) | The provisions of regulation 2(2) and (3) shall apply mutatis mutandis with regard to an application for a permission referred to in subregulation (1). |
| (4) | No land user shall effect an obstruction that will disturb the natural flow pattern of run-off water on his farm unit or permit the creation of such obstruction unless the provision for the collection, passing through and flowing away of run-off water through, around or along that obstruction is sufficient to ensure that it will not be a cause for excessive soil loss due to erosion through the action of water or the deterioration of the natural agricultural resources. |
| (5) | No land user shall remove or alter an obstruction in the natural flow pattern of run-off water on his farm unit if such removal or alteration will result in excessive soil loss due to erosion through the action of water or the deterioration of the natural agricultural resources. |