National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004)RegulationsRegulations relating to Trade in Rhinoceros Horn, 2019Chapter 2 : Domestic trade in rhinoceros horn6. Requirements to obtain a permit in respect of the buying, receiving, accepting as a gift or donation or in any other way acquiring rhinoceros horn |
| (1) | A person who intends to buy, receive, accept as a gift or donation or in any similar way acquire rhinoceros horn contemplated in regulation 3(1) or (2), must complete and sign an application form as specified in the TOPS Regulations and submit it to the relevant issuing authority. |
| (2) | The application contemplated in subregulation (1) must be accompanied by— |
| (a) | a certified copy of the identity document, permanent residency permit, work permit or passport of the applicant; |
| (b) | proof of payment of the permit processing fee, as set out in the TOPS Regulations; |
| (c) | a certified copy of a permit that authorises the lawful selling, giving, donating or in any similar way disposing of the rhinoceros horn to which the application relates, issued in terms of— |
| (i) | the Biodiversity Act; and |
| (ii) | provincial conservation legislation (if applicable); |
| (d) | a certified copy of the genetic profiling certificate for each rhinoceros horn to which the application relates, as proof that the rhinoceros horn has been subject to genetic profiling in accordance with the Rhinoceros Norms and Standards; |
| (e) | a photograph of suitable quality, to allow for easy identification, of each individual rhinoceros horn to which the application relates; |
| (f) | details of the markings contemplated in regulation 3(1)(b), of each individual rhinoceros horn to which the application relates; and |
| (g) | the following measurements of each individual rhinoceros horn to which the application relates: |
| (i) | circumference at the base; |
| (ii) | length from base to tip, measured along the inner curve; |
| (iii) | length from base to tip, measured along the outer curve; and |
| (iv) | weight; |
| (h) | proof that the rhinoceros horn is pre-convention, if applicable; and |
| (i) | any relevant additional information that the issuing authority may request. |
| (3) | A person who applies for a permit to buy, receive, accept as a gift or donation or in any similar way acquire rhinoceros horn contemplated in regulation 3(1) or (2), may, to the extent possible, at the same time apply to the relevant issuing authority for a permit to possess and transport such rhinoceros horn. |