The notice serves as a delegation of power in regulation 6(1) of the bio-prospecting, access, and benefit sharing regulations. The powers are delegated to the Director-General of the department of environmental affairs.

The broad aim of this policy is to harmonise the three streams of forestry peculiar to South Africa – protection of forest national reserve; to feed the population, in terms of wood and raw material; and to improve the living condition of the populace through community forestry and agroforestry. The policy sets out to promote a sustainable thriving forest sector for the benefit of the nation and protection of the environment. The elements of the policy include; guiding principles, overall policy for the forestry sector, policy for industrial forestry, policy for community forestry, and policy that governs South Africa’s relation with states in the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

The regulations address issues surrounding continued education and training of para-veterinary professionals. Requirements for the continued professional development (CPD), quantity of the CPD, accreditation and monitoring of CPD activities, level of participation, system of point collection, and non-compliance issues are comprehensively discussed.

The statutory measure is subject to the marketing of agricultural products act of 1996. It applies to apples, pears, plums, peaches, nectarines and apricots intended for fresh domestic consumption, export and Import, and apples intended for processing of juice concentrate. The measure states that: “A person shall have a choice to register as either a producer, an importer, or as a processor. A person who is a producer as well as an importer and/or processor, must register as a producer and as an importer and/or processor”. The measure is administered by HORTGRO services, and it compels parties to keep records and render returns, to ensure a level playing field in the industry by way of access to information for a knowledge-based decision making.

The notice highlights the amended tariffs for services related to the genetically modified organisms act of 1997.

An amendment to the expropriation act of 1975 that refines certain sections and expressions. It also allows for the charging and taxation of advocates’ fees before a compensation court.

The notice requires persons to apply for water use license in terms of the sections of the national water act of 1988, for the purpose of compulsory licensing as regards the use of underground water as a water resource. It applies within the Tosca Molopo geographic area.

The regulations are subject to the national nuclear regulator act of 1999. They establish requirements for applications for nuclear installation site licenses. Applications shall be supported by a site safety report and an application fee. The contents of the site safety report, and factors to be considered when evaluating sites for nuclear installation are specified in the schedules of the regulations.

The notice designates in the schedules of the environment conservation act of 1989, administrators and local authorities who may issue written authorization for the undertaking of activities in the Outeniqua Sensitive Coastal Area.

The notice provides for the assignment of powers and duties of the Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry, and the Director of Water Affairs and Forestry, under the national forests act of 1998, to the South African national parks (SANParks).

The act amends the medicines and related substances act of 1965, to provide for the functions of the authority, the composition of committees and board of the authority, and to redefine certain expressions for textual correctness and clarity.

The by-law is subject to the provisions of the spatial planning and land use management act of 2013. The by-law applies to all land within the geographical area of the Municipality, including land owned by the state; it binds every owner and their successor-in-title and every user of land, including the state. It provides for the establishment of the municipal spatial development framework to guide decisions to be made by municipalities relating to land management.

The rules in the notice apply to complain referrals for contraventions related to the regulations of the consumer protection regulations for the COVID-19; the rules shall cease to be in force when the COVID-19 outbreak is declared to no longer be a national disaster. It seeks to regulate complaint referrals, as a means to minimise the effects of the national state of disaster.

The notice of the minister is premised on the national water act of 1998 which states that; when called upon to register a water use, a person who uses water must heed the call. It specifies the water uses covered by the notice, exclusions, area of applicability, and registration forms.

The notice establishes the levies on milk and other dairy products and determines the guideline prices for milk and other dairy products. The levies shall be paid by people who buy raw milk for processing and export, people who import products subject to the schedules, and persons who produce raw milk and processes the same.

This document puts forward a strategy framework for the accelerated development of the forestry, timber, pulp and paper industries in South Africa. It addresses components in the forestry value chain and provides a framework for addressing constraints to development.

The regulations apply to South African ships, regardless of where they are, and to small vessels and ships while they are within the Republic of South Africa, the territorial waters, and the fishing zones defined in the territorial waters act of 1963.

The policy is meant to be read along with the 2013 general policy on the allocation and management of fishing rights. The minister delegates powers of fishing rights allocation to officials of the department of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries. The objectives of allocating fishing rights include: to broaden meaningful participation, to promote food security, and to facilitate the recovery of over-exploited fish species. The policy sets out the criteria guiding evaluation, allocation and management of fishing rights in the Hake Inshore Trawl (HIT) fishery; it is to serve as a guide for a delegated official.

The Act provides for the extension of the application of laws relating to agricultural matters to territories that form part of the national territory of the Republic of South Africa. The laws of the Republic of South Africa applicable in the affected territory are outlined in the schedules of the act; they include the Fencing Act of 1963, the Cooperatives Act of 1981, the Livestock Brands act of 1962, and the Agricultural Pests Act of 1983.

Amendment of regulations 5 and 6 of the management of white shark cage diving regulations