National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004)

Regulations

Regulations pertaining to threatened or protected terrestrial species and freshwater species, 2023 - effective 1 April 2023

Section A: Provisions relating to Listed Threatened or Protected Species

Chapter 2 : Permit System for Listed Threatened or Protected Species

Part 3 - Consideration of permit applications

18. Additional factors to be taken into account by the issuing authority when considering an application for a hunting permit
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When considering an application for a permit to hunt a specimen of a listed threatened or protected animal species, the issuing authority must, in addition to the factors contemplated in regulation 17 of these Regulations, also take into account—

 

(a)any applicable hunting proclamation issued in terms of applicable provincial legislation;

 

(b)any method of hunting prohibited in terms of regulation 73 of these Regulations;

 

(c)in the case of a hunting client—
(i)whether the hunt has been organized by a hunting outfitter;
(ii)whether the hunting client will be accompanied by a professional hunter; and
(iii)the hunting experience contemplated in regulation 9(5) of these Regulations, of the hunting client;

 

(d)any applicable off-take limits determined by the Scientific Authority in terms of regulation 98 of these Regulations; and

 

(e)whether the written consent contemplated in regulation 9(1)(a) of these Regulations, of the owner on whose land the hunt will be conducted, has been submitted together with the application.