Acts Online
GT Shield

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

Regulations

Alien and Invasive Species Regulations, 2020

Chapter 3 : Restricted Activities

8. Import of Alien Species

 

Notwithstanding any Notice of exempted alien species published in terms of section 66(1) of the Act, an exempted alien specimen or any other alien specimen for which a permit is required, entering the Republic from outside the country, must be accompanied by veterinary health certificates or phytosanitary certificates as official declaration by the exporting authority that the risk of such specimen becoming a potential vector of invasive diseases or pathogens has been effectively managed.