National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004)RegulationsRegulations pertaining to threatened or protected terrestrial species and freshwater species, 2023 - effective 1 April 2023Section A: Provisions relating to Listed Threatened or Protected SpeciesChapter 2 : Permit System for Listed Threatened or Protected SpeciesPart 5 - Marking and genotyping of specimens of listed threatened or protected species30. Compulsory marking of specimens |
| (1) | Elephant ivory must be marked in accordance with the provisions of regulation 32(4) and (6). |
| (2) | Live specimens of Diceros bicornis or Ceratotherium simum and rhinoceros horn must be marked in accordance with the provisions of— |
| (a) | regulation 33(5) and regulation 34(1); and |
| (b) | the Norms and Standards for the marking of rhinoceros and rhinoceros horn and for the hunting of rhinoceros for trophy hunting purposes. |
| (3) | The breeding stock and offspring of specimens of listed threatened or protected species in captive breeding facilities must be marked in accordance with the method as may be determined by the issuing authority. |
| (4) | Specimens of a listed threatened or protected species in relation to which a permit holder participates in a studbook contemplated in regulation 24(1)(a), must be marked in accordance with the method as determined by the issuing authority. |