National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004)

Regulations

Regulations relating to Trade in Rhinoceros Horn, 2019

Chapter 4 : Restrictions relating to export of rhinoceros horn

14. Provisions relating to rhinoceros horn that do not meet the minimum size requirement for exporting or re-exporting
Purchase cart Previous page Return to chapter overview Next page

 

(1) The export or re-export of any rhinoceros horn that is less than 5 cm in length, irrespective of the weight of such rhinoceros horn, is prohibited in accordance with a notice published in the Government Gazette in terms of section 57(2) of the Biodiversity Act.

 

(2)The prohibition contemplated in subregulation (1) does not apply to—
(a)a registered scientific institution that exports or re-exports such rhinoceros horn for scientific purposes;
(b)a registered scientific institution approved by the Director-General of the Department, or the Forensic Science Laboratory of the South African Police Service, that exports or re-exports such rhinoceros horn for the purpose of genetic profiling in accordance with the Rhinoceros Norms and Standards; or
(c)the Department.