9163 Results Found

Genetically Modified Organisms Act: Amendments

Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forestry,Ministry of Fisheries, South Africa

An amendment to the fees payable” section of the genetically modified organisms act of 1997.”””

South Africa 2010 Agriculture and Rural Development

Establishment of Statutory Measure: Registration of Producers and Exporters of Table Grapes

Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forestry,Ministry of Fisheries, South Africa

The statutory measure sets out to enforce registration of specified parties with the South African Table Grape Industry (SATI), which is tasked with implementing the measure. Parties shall have the option to register as either a producer or an exporter, or both; for parties that both produce and export. The measure hopes to create a level playing field for players and stakeholders by ensuring access to accurate and timely information to guide their decision process. The measure applies to table grapes intended for export.

South Africa 2008 Agriculture and Rural Development

National Environmental Management Act: Regulations: Adoption of Spatial Tools or Environmental Management Instruments

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

This represents the regulations laying down the procedure to be followed for the adoption of spatial tools or environmental management instruments in the sections of the national environmental management act of 1998. The minister is saddled with ensuring that the spatial tool or environmental management instrument indicates the purpose for which it was developed.

South Africa 2019 Environment and Climate Change

Animal Identification Act: Regulations; Amendment

Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forestry,Ministry of Fisheries, South Africa

The amendment addresses the process of placing identification marks using tattooing in pigs.

South Africa 2008 Agriculture and Rural Development

Regulations Relating to the Further Conservation and Protection of Seals

Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forestry,Ministry of Fisheries, South Africa

The notice stipulates that; no person shall, at any place in South Africa not part of areas specified in section 3 of the sea birds and seals protection act of 1973, knowingly pursue, shoot, disturb, kill, or capture any seal except under an exemption or permit granted by the relevant authorities.

South Africa 1982 Agriculture and Rural Development

Regulations Relating to Foodstuffs for Infants, Young Children, and Children

Ministry of Health, South Africa

The regulations place restrictions on the sale of food that does not meet the standards or requirements defined. It stipulates that certain nutritional and other information must be written on labels attached to foodstuffs. The regulations apply to infants under the age of 12 months and for children up to 12 years of age.

South Africa 1984 Health

National Environmental Management Act

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The Act recognizes the right of citizens to environments that are beneficial to health and well-being; and the right to have the environment protected, for the benefit of present and future generations. through reasonable legislative and other measures that prevent pollution, environmental degradation, and promotes the sustainable development and use of natural resources. The Act develops a framework for integrating good environmental management into all development activities, establishing principles guiding the exercise of functions related to the environment, and establishing procedures promoting public participation in environmental governance.

South Africa 1998 Environment and Climate Change

Promotion of Access to Information Act

Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, South Africa

The Act pushes to correct the system of government in South Africa prior to April 1994; the secretive and unresponsive culture in public and private bodies that led to abuse of power and infringement on human rights. The Act gives effect to the constitutional right of access to any information held by the state and any information that is held by another person and that is required for the exercise or protection of any rights. It hopes to foster a new culture of transparency and accountability in the society, and to promote effective access to information for the populace.

South Africa 2000 Information, Communication and Technology

Plant Breeders' Rights Act

Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forestry,Ministry of Fisheries, South Africa

The Act provides for a system that protects, and grants plant breeders’ rights as it relates to varieties of certain kinds of plants. It also makes provisions for the requirements which have to be complied with for the grant of such rights; for the protection of such rights and the grant of licences in respect of carrying out their operations.

South Africa 1976 Agriculture and Rural Development

Regulations Relating to Establishment, Varieties, Plants, and Propagating Material: Amendment

Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forestry,Ministry of Fisheries, South Africa

The regulations and their amendments are under the plant improvement act of 1976. The amendment substitutes the “report of test, examination, or analysis of seed” table. Regulations related to viability, number of normal seedlings, and examination and sampling requirements are also amended.

South Africa 2006 Agriculture and Rural Development

The Strategic Plan for South African Agriculture Executive Summary (IsiZulu Language)

Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forestry,Ministry of Fisheries, South Africa

The strategic plan consists of three core strategies: equitable access and participation, global competitiveness and profitability and sustainable resource management. It aims to enhance equitable access to and participation in agricultural opportunities, enhance profitability through sustained global competitiveness in the agricultural sector’s input supply, primary production, Agri processing and agritourism industries, and also enhance farmers’ capacities to use resources sustainably.

South Africa 2002 Agriculture and Rural Development

Regulations Relating to Trans Fat in Foodstuffs

Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forestry,Ministry of Fisheries, South Africa

The regulations prohibit the sale, manufacturing, and importation of any oils and fats in processed foods intended for human consumption that exceeds 2 gram per 100 grams of end product foodstuff. Trans fat contents per individual ingredient at the mixing bowl stage shall be kept on record for compliance purposes.

South Africa 2011 Agriculture and Rural Development

Regulations Relating to the Grading, Packing and Marking of Fresh Vegetables Intended for Sale in the Republic of South Africa

Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forestry,Ministry of Fisheries, South Africa

The Regulations specify the requirements that must be complied with to allow the sale of fresh vegetables in the country. It is stated that fresh vegetables before being placed on the market must be classified, packed, labelled and inspected as prescribed. The regulations exempt imported fresh vegetables from requirements regarding standards, grading and classification if they comply with the Codex Alimentarius, UNECE or OECD standards.

South Africa 2009 Agriculture and Rural Development

Regulations in Terms of Chapter Five of the National Environmental Management Act

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The purpose of these Regulations is to manage the procedures and criteria outlined in chapter 5 of the national environmental management act of 1998, for the submission, processing, consideration and decision of applications for environmental authorisation of activities.

South Africa 2006 Environment and Climate Change

Declaration of Agricultural Products: Amendment

Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forestry,Ministry of Fisheries, South Africa

This represents the agricultural products for the purposes of the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act of 1996. It also highlights customs tariff classifications and product descriptions.

South Africa 2005 Agriculture and Rural Development

Roadmap for Nutrition in South Africa (2013-2017)

Ministry of Health, South Africa

The government acknowledges the position of sound nutrition as a basic human right and prerequisite for attaining full intellectual and physical potential. Nutrition is seen as the outcome of a developmental process and not services to be delivered. The roadmap highlights the manifestations of malnutrition prevalent in South Africa and possible underlying conditions. The five-year roadmap seeks to direct nutrition-related activities in the health sector to the achievement of the sector’s four focus areas: life expectancy; maternal and child mortality; HIV and AIDS and tuberculosis; and strengthened health systems.

South Africa 2013 Health

Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act

Ministry of Rural Development and Land Reform, South Africa

The Act provides for the establishment of bodies corporate, to manage and regulate sections and common property in sectional titles schemes; and to establish a sectional titles schemes management advisory council. Bodies corporate is defined in relation to a building and the land in a sectional title scheme to mean the body corporate of that building; while a building is defined as a structure of a permanent nature erected or to be erected and which is shown on a sectional plan as part of a scheme.

South Africa 2011 Land, Housing and Natural Resources