Agricultural Pests Act, 1983 (Act No. 36 of 1983)

Regulations

Purchase

(1)	Every person who carries out any beekeeping activities shall register with the Department.

(2)	An applicant shall, on the form obtainable from the executive officer furnish the Department with—

(a)	in the case of a natural person, his or her—

(i)

name;

(ii)	registration number (if previously registered);

(iii)

physical and postal address;

(iv)	fixed line and cellular phone number;

(v)	fax number (if applicable); and

(vi)	e-mail address;

(b)	in the case of a juristic person, the—

(i)	name of the juristic person;

(ii)	name of the responsible beekeeper;

(iii)

registration number of the juristic person (if previously registered);

(iv)	physical and postal address of the juristic person;

(v)	fixed line phone number of the juristic person;

(vi)	cellular phone number of the beekeeper of the juristic person;

(vii)

fax number of the juristic person (if applicable); and

(viii)

e-mail address of the juristic person; and

(c)	information regarding the—

(i)	nature of the beekeeping activities; and

(ii)	the number of colonies kept; and

(d)	any other information requested on the form obtainable from the executive officer.

(3)	Every beekeeper shall on first registration be assigned a permanent registration number by the Department.

(4)	Registration shall be for a period of twenty four months from the date of registration or renewal of registration and shall be renewable on expiry of the registration period.

(5)	In the case of failure to comply with control measure 2(4), a registered beekeeper shall be deregistered and shall face penalties in terms of the Act.

(6)	The beekeeper shall inform the Department within a reasonable time of any changes in the information required under control measure 2 (2).

(7)	The beekeeper shall notify the Department in the event that he ceases to carry out beekeeping activities.

(8)	No person may conduct any beekeeping activities unless they are in possession of a valid registration certificate issued in terms of control measure 2 (1).

(9)	No person may utilise the services of a beekeeper for the purposes of carrying out any beekeeping activities unless the beekeeper is in possession of a valid registration certificate issued in terms of control measure 2 (1).

[Clause 2 substituted by Section 3 of Notice No. R.1511, GG 42850, dated 22 November 2019]