National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003 (Act No. 57 of 2003)

Notices

Norms and Standards for the Inclusion of Private Nature Reserves in the Register of Protected Areas of South Africa

Chapter 1 : Interpretation, Purpose and Application

4. Legislative framework
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(1) The Minister may, in terms of section 11 of the Act, prescribe norms and standards for any of the objectives of the Act, including the management and development of protected areas as well as indicators to measure compliance with those norms and standards.

 

(2) The Minister is required, In terms of section 10 of the Act, to maintain a Register containing a list of all protected areas, indicating the kind of protected area in each case, and any other information determined by the Minister.

 

(3)The MEC must, in terms of section 27 of the Act, promptly forward to the Minister, a copy of each notice published under section 23, 24 or 25 of the Act.

 

(4) The Register is subject to the requirements of the South African Statistical Quality Assessment Framework.

 

(5) The Department is registered as the custodian of the South African Protected Areas Database by the Committee for Spatial Information, mandated in terms of the Spatial Data infrastructure Act, 2003 (Act No. 54 of 2003).

 

(6) The Register is a legally recognized database on protected areas for South Africa in terms of section 10 of the Act.

 

(7) The inclusion of private nature reserves Into this database is integral to the maintenance of the Register.

 

(8) The inclusion of private nature reserves in the Register, is with particular reference to the objective of the Act as set out in section 2(d)—

'to provide her a diverse and representative network of protected areas on state land, private land, communal land and marine waters';

 

(9) A private nature reserve that fails to comply with these norms and standards may be removed from the Register of Protected Areas by the Minister, after the declaration has been withdrawn in terms of section 24(2) of the Act.