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

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Threatened or Protected Marine Species Regulations, 2017

Provisions Relating to Listed Threatened or Protected Marine Species

Chapter 7 : Prohibition of Specific Restricted Activities under Certain Circumstances

60. General circumstances relating to the prohibition to import, export, re-export or introduce from the sea a speciment of a listed threatened or protected marine species

 

(1) A person may not import or introduce from the sea, a specimen of a listed threatened or protected marine species, unless it is authorised—
(a) by a permit issued in accordance with these Regulations; and
(b) to the extent applicable, in terms of the CITES Regulations.

 

(2) A person may not import, export, re-export or introduce from the sea, a specimen of a listed threatened or protected marine species through a port of exit or entry other than the following—
(a) land ports—
(i) Beit Bridge border post;
(ii) Golela border post
(iii) Jeppes Reef border post;
(iv) Lebombo border post;
(v) Maseru border post;
(vi) NaKop border post;
(vii) Ramatlabama border post;
(viii) Vioolsdrift border post; or
(b) airports and harbours—
(i) Cape Town International Airport;
(ii) O.R. Tambo International Airport;
(iii) King Shaka International Airport;
(iv) Port Elizabeth International Airport;
(v) Kruger – Mpumalanga International Airport;
(vi) Cape Town Harbour;
(vii) Durban Harbour; or
(viii) Port Elizabeth Harbour.

 

(3) Notwithstanding subregulation (1), a live specimen of a listed threatened or protected marine species may not be imported unless a blood sample of such specimen has been collected for genotyping and the results of such genotyping are made available to the issuing authority.

 

 


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