• National Forests Act, 1998 (Act No. 84 of 1998)
  • Notice No. 1388 of 1998
  • Act
  • Preamble
  • Chapter 1 : Introductory Provisions
    • 1. Purposes
    • 2. Interpretation
  • Chapter 2 : Sustainable Forest Management
    • Part 1 : Management
      • 3. Principles to guide decisions affecting forests
      • 4. Promotion and enforcement of sustainable forest management
    • Part 2 : Research, monitoring and reporting
      • 5. Promotion of research
      • 6. Duty to monitor forests and disseminate information
  • Chapter 3 : Special Measures to Protect Forests and Trees
    • Part 1 : Prohibition of destruction of natural forests
      • 7. Prohibition on destruction of trees in natural forests
    • Part 2 : Protected areas
      • 8. Power to set aside protected areas
      • 9. Procedure for declaring protected areas
      • 10. Effect of setting aside protected areas
      • 11. Management of protected areas
    • Part 3 : Protection of trees
      • 12. Declaration of trees as protected
      • 13. Normal procedure for declaring protected trees
      • 14. Emergency procedure for protecting trees
      • 15. Effect of declaration of protected trees
      • 16. Registration against title deeds
    • Part 4 : Measures to control and remedy deforestation
      • 17. Power to declare controlled forest areas
      • 18. Right to apply for protection
  • Chapter 4 : Use of Forests
    • Part 1 : Access for recreation and related purposes
      • 19. Access to State forests for recreation, education, culture or spiritual fulfilment
      • 20. Regulation of access to State forests
      • 21. Access to forests other than State forests
    • Part 2 : Vesting and granting of rights to use State forests
      • 22. Vesting of rights
      • 23. Activities which may be licensed in State forests
      • 24. Requirements for licensing
      • 25. Amendments, suspensions and cancellations
      • 26. Servitudes in State forests
      • 27. Leasing of State forests
      • 27A. Trusts
      • 28. Agreements to sell forest produce in State forests
    • Part 3 : Community forestry
      • 29. Offers to enter into community forestry agreements
      • 30. Conclusion of community forestry agreements
      • 31. Content of community forestry agreements
      • 32. Assistance for community forestry
  • Chapter 5 : Institutions
    • Part 1 : National Forests Advisory Council
      • 33. Establishment and objects of National Forests Advisory Council
      • 34. Constitution of Council
      • 35. Conditions of appointment to Council
      • 36. Committees of Council
      • 37. Meetings of Council
      • 38. Funding of Council
      • 39. Staff of Council.
      • 40. Report by Council
    • Part 2 : National Forest Recreation and Access Trust
      • 41. Establishment and objects of National Forest Recreation and Access Trust
      • 42. Powers and duties of Minister as trustee
      • 43. Administration of Trust funds
      • 44. Reports by Minister as trustee
    • Part 3 : Panel of facilitators, mediators and arbitrators
      • 45. Establishment of panel
  • Chapter 6 : Administration of Act
    • Part 1 : General powers and duties of Minister
      • 46. Development and implementation of policy
      • 47. Assignment of powers and duties
      • 48. Delegation of powers and duties
      • 49. Expropriation of property
      • 50. Reservation of State land for forestry
      • 51. Performance of functions on other land
      • 52. Extensions
      • 53. Content of regulations
      • 54. Procedure for making regulations
      • 55. Tariffs and charges
    • Part 2 : General powers and duties of Director-General
      • 56. Powers and duties
      • 57. Transfer of officers and employees
  • Chapter 7 : Offences and Penalties
    • Part 1 : Sentencing
      • 58. Penalties
      • 59. Compensatory orders in criminal proceedings
      • 60. Award of part of fine recovered to informant
    • Part 2 : Offences
      • 61. Offences relating to sustainable forest management
      • 62. Offences relating to protection of forests and trees
      • 63. Offences relating to use of forests
      • 64. Offences in relation to enforcement
  • Chapter 8 : Enforcement
    • 65. Appointment of forest officers
    • 66. General powers of forest officers
    • 67. Power to enter and search
    • 68. Power to seize
    • 69. Power to arrest
  • Chapter 9 : General And Transitional Provisions
    • Part 1 : Miscellaneous
      • 70. Documents and steps valid under certain circumstances
      • 71. Delivery of documents
      • 72. Publication of notices in media
    • Part 2 : Repeal and amendment of laws, savings, short title and commencement
      • 73. Repeal of laws
      • 74. Savings
      • 75. Amendment of section 1 of Act 128 of 1992
      • 76. Substitution of section 3 of Act 128 of 1992
      • 77. Repeal of section 4 of Act 128 of 1992
      • 78. Amendment of Act 51 of 1994
      • 79. Short title
      • 80. Commencement
  • Schedules
    • Schedule 1 : Laws Repealed
    • Schedule 2 : Amendments to Act 51 of 1994
• Regulations
  • Regulations under the National Forests Act 84 of 1998
    • Notice No. R. 466 of 2009
    • Chapter 1 : Definitions
      • 1. Definitions
    • Chapter 2 : Sustainable Forest Management
      • 2. Research
    • Chapter 3 : Measures
      • 3. Measures of area, dimension, volume and mass
    • Chapter 4 : Licences
      • 4. General
      • 5. Establishment and management of plantation
      • 6. Felling of trees, removal of timber and cutting and removal of other forest produce
      • 7. Use of land, structures or buildings for agricultural
      • 8. Use of roads in State forest
      • 9. Construction of any road, building or structure
      • 10. Grazing or herding of animals
      • 11. Use of land for cultivation purposes
      • 12. Hunting and Fishing
      • 13. Use of State forest for recreational, educational, cultural or spiritual purpo
      • 14. Mining
    • Chapter 5 : Protection of Trees and Forests
      • 15. Licences for activities in respect of indigenous trees
      • 16. Licences for activities in respect of protected trees
      • 17. Protection of forests, trees or group of trees
      • 18. Setting aside of protected areas on private land
    • Chapter 6 : Information
      • 19. Collection of data
      • 20. Collection of data on natural forests and woodlands
    • Chapter 7 : Servitudes
      • 21. Granting of servitudes and licensing of activities under servitudes
    • Chapter 8 : Community Forestry
      • 22. Community forestry assistance
    • Chapter 9 : Enforcement
      • 23. Proof of appointment of forest officers
      • 24. Inspections
    • Chapter 10 : Offences and Penalties 
      • 25. Offences and penalties
      • 26. Short title and commencement
• Notices
  • National Forest Recreation and Access Trust
    • Notice No. 4554 of 2000
  • List of Protected Tree Species (2009)
    • Notice No. 1106 of 2009
    • Schedule A
  • Declaration of a List of National Forest Types as Natural Forests
    • Notice No. 167 of 2017
    • Schedule A
  • List of Protected Tree Species (2017)
    • Notice No. 690 of 2017
    • Schedule A
  • List of Protected Tree Species (2018)
    • Notice No. 536 of 2018
    • Schedule A
  • List of Protected Tree Species (2021)
    • Notice No. 155 of 2021
    • Schedule A
  • Declaration of Certain State Forests Properties in Mpumalanga Province as Forest Nature Reserves under Section 8(1) and 9 of the Act
    • Notice No. 1062 of 2021
    • Schedule : Properties Declared as Forest Nature Reserves
  • Annual List of all Tree Species which are protected under Section 12 of the National Forests Act, 1998
    • Notice No. 4496 of 2024
    • Schedule A
• Proclamations
  • Commencement of Section 18 of the National Forest Act, 1998
    • Notice No. R. 33 of 2009
• Exemptions
  • Exemption in terms of Section 24(6)
    • Notice No. 399 of 2008
  • Exemptions in terms of Sections 7(1) and 15(1)
    • Notice No. 25 of 2014
• Procedures and Code of Conduct
  • Procedures and Code of Conduct in terms of Section 37 of the National Forests Act
    • Notice No. 3272 of 2000
    • 1. Holding of Meetings
    • 2. Agenda
    • 3. Quorum and Related Matters
    • 4. Chairperson's Duties
    • 5. Procedures at Meetings
    • 6. Records of the Council
    • 7. Advice to the Minister
    • 8. Permanent Committees
    • 9. Other Committees
    • 10. Departures from Procedures
    • 11. Code of Conduct for Members of the National Forests Advisory Council and its Committees
    • 12. Interpretation