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 2 - Permit application procedure8. Application for a permit |
| (1) | A person may apply for a permit by using an application form— |
| (a) | as set out in Annexure 1to these Regulations; or |
| (b) | provided by the issuing authority that contains, as a minimum and to the extent applicable,the information contemplated in Annexure 1. |
| (2) | An applicant must pay the applicable permit processing fee as set out in Annexure 3 to these Regulations. |
| (3) | Notwithstanding the provision of subregulation (2), payment of the applicable permit processing fee does not apply— |
| (a) | if the applicant is an organ of state; or |
| (b) | in the case of an integrated permit, if a permit processing fee is also required to be paid in terms of any other applicable biodiversity legislation. |
| (4) | An application for a permit must be accompanied by— |
| (a) | a certified copy of the identity document or passport of the person who will be carrying out the restricted activity; |
| (b) | written consent, if required in terms of regulation 9(1) or (4) of these Regulations; |
| (c) | proof of payment of the— |
| (i) | applicable permit processing fee contemplated in subregulation (2); and |
| (ii) | in the case of an integrated hunting permit, the fee relevant to the hunting of a particular species, as determined by the issuing authority in terms of applicable provincial legislation; |
| (d) | a risk assessment, if required in terms of regulation 12 of these Regulations; |
| (e) | an identification of risk factors,if required in terms of regulation 16 of these Regulations; |
| (f) | a list of names, to the extent possible, of the natural persons who will be carrying out the restricted activities, and who are in the employment of a juristic person: in the case that the person contemplated in subregulation (1) is a juristic person; |
| (g) | an approved management plan, if required; |
| (h) | a certified copy of the relevant registration certificate issued in terms of Chapter 3 of these Regulations, if the application is in respect of a standing permit; and |
| (i) | proof of legal acquisition if an application is in respect of a permit to possess a specimen of a threatened or protected species. |