| (2) | A permit referred to in subsection (1) may be issued only after a prescribed assessment of risks and potential impacts on biodiversity is carried out. |
| (3) | The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette and subject to such conditions as the Minister may specify in the notice, exempt a person from a restriction contemplated in subsection (1) or (2). |
[Section 71(3) inserted by section 15 of Act No. 15 of 2013]
| (4) | A notice in terms of subsection (3) may— |
| (i) | throughout the Republic or a province, as the case may be, or only in a specified area or a specified category of areas; |
| (ii) | to all persons or only to a specified category of persons; |
| (iii) | to all species or only to a specified species or a specified category of species; or |
| (b) | differentiate between— |
| (i) | areas or categories of areas; |
| (ii) | persons or categories of persons; or |
| (iii) | species or categories of species. |
[Section 71(4) inserted by section 15 of Act No. 15 of 2013]
[Section 71 commenced 1 April 2005 (Proclamation No. R. 47, Gazette No. 26887)]
