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 3 : Registration of Captive Breeding Facilities, Rehabilitation Facilities, Sanctuaries, Temporary Holding Facilities, Scientific Institutions, Commercial Exhibition Facilities, Nurseries, Game Farms and Wildlife TranslocatorsPart 1 - Registration of persons or facilities35. Compulsory registration of a captive breeding facility, rehabilitation facility, sancturary, temporary holding facility, scientific institution, commercial exhibition facility, nursery and wildlife translocator |
| (1) | No person may operate— |
| (a) | a captive breeding facility,rehabilitation facility, sanctuary, temporary holding facility, scientific institution, commercial exhibition facility or nursery; or |
| (b) | as a wildlife translocator; |
unless the facility contemplated in paragraph (a) or person contemplated in paragraph (b) is registered with the relevant issuing authority in terms of this Chapter.
| (2) | The registration of a facility or a person in terms of this Chapter does not absolve the holder of the registration from the obligation to obtain a permit in terms of section 57(1), read with Chapter 7, of the Biodiversity Act prior to the carrying out of a restricted activity. |