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 1 - Carrying out restricted activities and types of permits5. Types of permits |
| (1) | The carrying out of a restricted activity may be authorised in terms of any of the following types of permits— |
| (a) | an ordinary permit contemplated in regulation 6; |
| (b) | a standing permit contemplated in regulation 7; or |
| (c) | a permit issued to an official of an issuing authority. |
| (2) | The issuing authority may, in accordance with the provisions of section 92(2) and (3) of the Biodiversity Act, issue an integrated ordinary permit or an integrated standing permit, as the case may be, only if— |
| (a) | the restricted activity to which the permit relates, is regulated in terms of the Biodiversity Act, as well as in terms of applicable provincial legislation; |
| (b) | the species to which the restricted activity relates, is listed in terms of section 56 of the Biodiversity Act as a threatened or protected species;and |
| (c) | the issuing authority is authorised to issue a permit in terms of the Biodiversity Act, as well as in terms of applicable provincial legislation contemplated in paragraph (a). |