• Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act, 1983 (Act No. 43 of 1983)
  • Notice No. 883 of 1983
  • Act
  • 1. Definitions
  • 2. Application of Act
  • 3. Objects of Act
  • 4. Executive officer and authorized person
  • 5. Prohibition of the spreading of weeds
  • 6. Control measures
  • 7. Directions
  • 8. Schemes
  • 9. Provisions of schemes
  • 10. Rendering of advice
  • 11. Minister may perform certain acts
  • 12. Maintenance of soil conservation works ...
  • 13. Minister may order payment of certain ...
  • 14. Expropriation of land for purposes of ...
  • 15. Conservation committees
  • 16. Regional conservation committees
  • 17. Conservation Advisory Board
  • 18. Powers of investigation
  • 19. Erection and maintenance of beacons ...
  • 20. Powers of executive officer
  • 21. Appeal against decisions or action
  • 22. Secrecy
  • 23. Penalties
  • 24. Presumptions and evidence
  • 25. Liability of employer or principal
  • 26. Delegation of powers of Minister
  • 27. Defects in form
  • 28. Limitation of liability
  • 29. Regulations
  • 30. Repeal of laws
  • 31. Short title and commencement
  • Schedule : Laws Repealed
• Regulations
  • Soil Conservation Scheme
    • Notice No. R. 1047 of 1984
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Name of scheme
    • 3. Objects of scheme
    • 4. Application of scheme
    • 5. Acts in respect of which subsidies may be paid
    • 6. Classification of soil conservation works
    • 7. Basis for the determination of subsidies
    • 8. Requirements for payment of subsidies
    • 9. Application for participation in scheme
    • 10. Entry of farm units
    • 11. Farm plans
    • 12. Consent to construct soil conservation works
    • 13. Notices of completion of construction
    • 14. Extension of validity of consents
    • 15. Statements and reports on construction of soil conservation works
    • 16. Payment of subsidies
    • 17. Erroneous payments
    • 18. Conditions on which subsidies are paid
    • 19. Commencement
    • Tables : Subsidy Tariffs for Soil Conservation Works - 100% Value
      • Table 1 : Fences
      • Table 2 : Contour banks and storm water furrows
      • Table 3 : Waterways grassed
      • Table 4 : New pipes, Low Density Polyethylene pipes, bearing SABS mark, for stock watering
      • Table 5 : New pipes, High Density Polyethylene pipes, bearing SABS mark, for stock watering
      • Table 6 : New pipes, Galvanised and black steel pipes with screw and socket joints, for stock watering
      • Table 7 : New pipes, UPVC Household and irrigation pipe with SABS mark
      • Table 8 : New pipes, Ultraflow MPVC pressure pipes (with no recycled materials included)
      • Table 9 : New pipes: Drainage pipes
      • Table 10 : Construction of drainage works
      • Table 11 : Drainage works
      • Table 12 : Cleaning and flushing of subsurface drainage pipes, reparation of flood damage
      • Table 13 : Reservoirs for stock watering systems
      • Table 14 : Rectangular drinking troughs
      • Table 15 : Circular drinking troughs
      • Table 16 : Concrete and masonry
      • Table 17 : Transport of building material
      • Table 18 : Excavation for foundations for concrete or masonry
      • Table 19 : Other excavations for sub surface drainage
      • Table 20 : Earth moving
      • Table 21 : Stone packs and pitching
      • Table 22 : Reclamation of drift sand
      • Table 23 : Reclamation of bare patches
      • Table 24 : % Payable for different works
      • Sliding Scale Formula for Flood Relief Works
  • Regulations in terms of Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act
    • Notice No. R. 1048 of 1984
    • 1. Definitions
    • Part I : Control Measures
      • 2. Cultivation of virgin soil
      • 3. Cultivation of land with a slope
      • 4. Protection of cultivated land against erosion ...
      • 5. Protection of cultivated land against erosion ...
      • 6. Prevention of waterlogging and salination of ...
      • 7. Utilisation and protection of vleis, marshes, water ...
      • 8. Regulating of the flow pattern of run-off water
      • 9. Utilisation and protection of veld
      • 10. Grazing capacity of veld
      • 11. Number of animals that may be kept on veld
      • 12. Prevention and control of veld fires
      • 13. Restoration and reclamation of eroded land
      • 14. Restoration and reclamation of disturbed or ...
    • Part II : Weeds and invader plants
      • 15. Declaration of weeds and invader plants
      • 15A. Combating of category 1 plants
      • 15B. Combating of category 2 plants
      • 15C. Combating of category 3 plants
      • 15D. Designation of biological control reserves
      • 15E. Methods of control
      • 15F. Application of other laws
      • 16. Indicators of bush enroachment
    • Part III : Directions
      • 17. Manner of serving
      • 18. Evidence of serving directions
    • Part IV : Conservation Committees
      • 19. Inaugural meeting
      • 20. Calling of meetings
      • 21. Quorum for meetings
      • 22. Chairman at meetings
      • 23. Reconsideration of certain resolutions
      • 24. Attendance of meetings
      • 25. Minutes of meetings
      • 26. Disposal of documents
    • Part V : Beacons and Marks
      • 27. Demarcation of areas to which directions apply
      • 28. Indication of position of soil conservation works
    • Part VI : Appeals
      • 29. Submission of appeals
      • 30. Hearing and questioning of appellants
      • 31. Address for lodging of appeals
    • Part VII : General
      • 32. Address of executive officer
      • 33. Commencement
    • Tables
      • Table 1 : Areas within which the Cultivation of ...
      • Table 2 : Large Stock Unit Equivalent of ...
      • Table 3 : Declared Weeds and Invader Plants
      • Table 4 : Declared Indicators of Bush Encroachment
  • Weed Control Scheme - Establishment
    • Notice No. R. 1044 of 1984
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Name of scheme
    • 3. Objects of scheme
    • 4. Application of scheme
    • 5. Acts in respect of which weed killers may be supplied
    • 6. Basis for the supply of week killers
    • 7. Requirements for supply of weed killers
    • 8. Applications for participation in scheme
    • 9. Entry of farm units
    • 10. Supply of weed killers
    • 11. Conditions on which weed-killers are supplied
    • 12. Date of commencement
    • Table 1 : Areas within and kinds of weeds to which ...
    • Table 2 : Incentives applicable to the supply of weed ...
• Notices
  • Revised Tariffs, Rates and Scales for Goods and Services provided by the Department in terms of the SubDivision of Agricultural Land Act, Act No. 70 of 1970 and Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act, Act No. 43 of 1983
    • Notice No. 470 of 2019
      • Tariff (2019/20)
    • Notice No. 276 of 2021
      • Tariff Structure (2021/22)
    • Notice No. R. 5876 of 2025
      • Tariff Structure (2025/2026)
    • Notice No. 7192 of 2026
      • Tariff Structure (2026/2027)