International Trade Administration Act, 2002 (Act No. 71 of 2002)Chapter 2 : Trade policy6. Minister's power to regulate imports and exports |
| (1) | The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, prescribe that no goods of a specified class or kind, or no goods other than goods of a specified class or kind, may be— |
| (a) | imported into the Republic; |
| (b) | imported into the Republic, except under the authority of and in accordance with the conditions stated in a permit issued by the Commission; |
| (c) | exported from the Republic; or |
| (d) | exported from the Republic, except under the authority of and in accordance with the conditions stated in a permit issued by the Commission. |
| (2) | For the purpose of subsection (1) goods may be classified according to— |
| (a) | their source or origin; |
| (b) | their intermediate or final destination; |
| (c) | the channels along which they are transported; |
| (d) | the manner in which they are imported or exported; |
| (e) | the purposes for which they are intended to be used; |
| (f) | the methods or processes by which they are produced; |
| (g) | the use of non-renewable natural resources in their production, and their life-cycle impact on the natural environment; or |
| (h) | any other classification methods determined by the Minister. |
| (3) | A notice issued in terms of this section applies to any person who, at the time of the import of particular goods into the Republic, or the export of particular goods from the Republic— |
| (a) | owns those goods; |
| (b) | carries the risk of those goods; |
| (c) | takes or attempts to bring those goods into, or takes or attempts to take those goods from, the Republic; |
| (d) | in any manner whatsoever has a beneficial interest in those goods; |
| (e) | acts on behalf of a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d); or |
| (f) | pretends to be a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e). |
| (4) | Despite any other provision of this Act, a notice issued in terms of this section in respect of goods that are the subject of a notice issued by the Minister of Defence in terms of section 4C (1) (a) of the Armaments Development and Production Act, 1968, is deemed to have been revoked as from the date of the latter notice. |