Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000)

Regulations

Firearms Control Fees Amendment Regulations, 2020

Chapter 2 : Accreditation

9. Accreditation of game rancher

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A person who applies for accreditation as a game rancher, as contemplated in section 20(2)(d) of the Act, must, in addition to the relevant information required by regulation 2, submit –

(a)proof of—
(i)legal ownership of a game farm or, other sole legal occupation or access for the purpose of game farming to a game farm, on which game farming is being conducted and which game farm serves as the game farm to which the accreditation will apply;
(ii)actual personal involvement in the game farming activities conducted on the applicable game farm;
(iii)registration in terms of applicable provincial nature conservation legislation that the game farm on which the game farming is being conducted is either exempted from the provisions relating to hunting in that province or that the game farm is sufficiently fenced in for the purpose of hunting as provided for in the provincial nature conservation legislation applicable to the farm, as the case may be; and
(iv)the actual need to be accredited as a game rancher.
(b)a description of the security measures regarding the safe handling, storage and transport of firearms to be used in conducting such business; and
(c)proof of membership of a game farmers’ association or organisation which, to the satisfaction of the Registrar has the primary bona fide object to promote responsible game farming.