(1)
| (a) | The Minister must within 24 months of the date on which this section takes effect, by notice in the Gazette, publish a national list of invasive species in respect of which this Chapter must be applied nationally. |
| (b) | The MEC for environmental affairs in a province may, by notice in the Gazette, publish a provincial list of invasive species in respect of which this Chapter must be applied in the province. |
| (2) | The Minister or the MEC for environmental affairs in a relevant province must regularly review the national list or any provincial list published in terms of subsection (1), as may be appropriate. |
| (3) | An MEC for Environmental Affairs may only publish or amend a provincial list in terms of subsection (1) or (2) with the concurrence of the Minister. |
| (4) | A notice in terms of subsection (1) may— |
| (i) | throughout the Republic or a province, as the case may be, or only in a specified area or a specified category of areas; |
| (ii) | to all persons or only to a specified category of persons; |
| (iii) | to all species or only to a specified species or a specified category of species; or |
| (b) | differentiate between— |
| (i) | areas or categories of areas; |
| (ii) | persons or categories of persons; or |
| (iii) | species or categories of species. |
[Section 70(4) inserted by section 14 of Act No. 14 of 2013]
