In this Schedule, unless the context indicates otherwise, a word or expression defined in the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004) has the same meaning, and—

"applicable biodiversity legislation"

means legislation in terms of which biodiversity matters are regulated, either at a provincial level in a province or at a national level;

"Blodiversity Act"

means the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004);

"CAS number"

means the number allocated to a case docket when a criminal investigation is registered in terms of the Case Administration System of the South African Police Service;

"dart"

means the chemical immobilization of a live rhinoceros by any means, method or device, using a tranquillizing, narcotic, immobilizing, or similar agent, for the purpose of restraining or anaesthetizing such live rhinoceros;

"duly authorized person"

means a person authorized by means of a permit issued in terms of the Biodiversity Act, but excludes the hunting client;

"genetic profiling"

means the use of biotechnology to identify the unique characteristics of a live rhinoceros or rhinoceros horn for forensic or diagnostic purposes;

"hunting client"

means a person who is not a citizen of the Republic or a permanent resident within the Republic, and who pays or rewards any other person for, or in connection with, the hunting of a rhinoceros;

"hunting outfitter"

means a person who is authorized in terms of applicable biodiversity legislation to operate as a hunting outfitter, and assigns a similar meaning to a hunting contractor referred to in terms of provincial biodiversity legislation;

"hunting trophy"

means a horn, tooth, hide, skin, hair, or any readily recognizable part or derivative of a rhinoceros, whether processed or not, and which is kept as a memento of the hunt;

"local hunter"

means a hunter who is a citizen of the Republic or a permanent resident within the Republic;

"management purposes"

means the carrying out of a restricted activity directed towards the management of a rhinoceros, and includes, but is not limited to, the—

"microchip"

means a device that assigns a unique identification code to the rhinoceros or rhinoceros horn;

"national database"

means a database developed by the Department and used by an issuing authority for the recording of information relating to rhinoceros horn stock piles;

"professional hunter"

means a person who is authorized in terms of applicable biodiversity legislation to operate as a professional hunter;

"Republic"

means the Republic of South Africa;

"rhinoceros horn"

means the whole horn, or any part or cut piece of the horn of a rhinoceros, whether polished or unpolished, in any form whatsoever or howsoever changed from its original form, and includes rhinoceros horn in its powdered form or shavings of rhinoceros horn;

"SABS"

means the South African Bureau of Standards;

"taxidermy"

means a facility where a skin, horn or any other derivative of a rhinoceros is treated, prepared or mounted, or where such skin, horn or other derivative is transformed or processed into a curio;

"TOPS Regulations"

mean the regulations pertaining to listed threatened or protected species and promulgated in terms of section 97 of the Biodiversity Act;

"veterinarian"

means a person registered with the South African Veterinary Council to operate as such.