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National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003 (Act No. 57 of 2003)

Chapter 2 : System of Protected Areas in South Africa

15. Specially protected forest areas, forest nature reserve and forest wilderness areas

 

(1) Chapter 1, this Chapter and section 48 apply to specially protected forest areas, forest nature reserves or forest wilderness areas, declared as such in terms of section 8 of the National Forests Act, 1998 (Act No. 84 of 1998).

 

(2) The other provisions of this Act do not apply to specially protected forest areas, forest nature reserves or forest wilderness areas, but if any such area has been declared as or included in a special nature reserve, national park or nature reserve, such area must be managed as a, or as part of the, special nature reserve, national park or nature reserve in terms of this Act in accordance with an agreement concluded between the Minister and the Cabinet member responsible for forestry.

[Section  15(2) substituted by section 5 of Act No. 31 of 2004]