National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004)Chapter 5 : Species and Organisms Posing Potential Threats to BiodiversityPart 2 : Invasive species71A. Prohibitions |
| (1) | The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette and subject to such conditions as the Minister may specify in the notice, specify a specimen of a listed invasive species for which a permit to carry out a restricted activity may not be issued in terms of Chapter 7. |
| (2) | The notice in terms of subsection (1) may— |
| (a) | apply generally— |
| (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 71A inserted by section 16 of Act No. 14 of 2013]