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 3 : Registration of Captive Breeding Facilities, Rehabilitation Facilities, Sanctuaries, Temporary Holding Facilities, Scientific Institutions, Commercial Exhibition Facilities, Nurseries, Game Farms and Wildlife Translocators

Part 1 - Registration of persons or facilities

36. Voluntary registration as a game farm
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(1) The owner of land who is the holder of a valid certificate of adequate enclosure, may apply to the relevant issuing authority for registration of such land as a game farm in terms of this Chapter.

 

(2)The relevant issuing authority may register the land contemplated in subregulation (1) and issue a registration certificate for the listed threatened or protected species to which the certificate of adequate enclosure relates, if the issuing authority has conducted a basic assessment with regards to the suitability of the habitat of the land to which the application relates, for the specific species involved.

 

(3)Notwithstanding the provision of subregulation (2), a basic habitat assessment is not required if it has previously been conducted in terms of applicable provincial legislation.