National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004)RegulationsRegulations relating to Trade in Rhinoceros Horn, 2019Chapter 2 : Domestic trade in rhinoceros horn7. Conditions to be met for the issuance of a permit |
| (1) | The issuing authority may not issue a permit in respect of the selling, giving, donating or in any similar way disposing of a rhinoceros hem contemplated regulation 3(1) or (2), unless the following conditions have been met: |
| (a) | the issuing authority has received a complete application contemplated in regulation 5(1) and all supporting information contemplated in regulation 5(2); |
| (b) | upon receipt of the application, an inspection has been conducted by an official of the Department or an official of any provincial conservation authority who has the mandate in terms of his or her appointment to conduct the inspection, to verify the information contemplated in regulation 5(2)(c), (d), (e), (f) and (g); |
| (c) | the official contemplated in paragraph (b) has confirmed, in writing, the correctness of the verified information; |
| (d) | the information contemplated in regulation 5(2)(f) and (g) has been included in the national database; and |
| (e) | the genetic profiling as required in terms of the Rhinoceros Norms and Standards, in respect of each rhinoceros horn to which the application relates, has been concluded and the information included in the national database. |
| (2) | The issuing authority may not issue a permit in respect of the buying, receiving, accepting as a gift or donation or in any similar way acquiring a rhinoceros horn contemplated in regulation 3(1) or (2), unless an inspection has been conducted by an official contemplated in subregulation (1)(b) to verify the place of safe-keeping of such rhinoceros horn. |