The notice represents efforts to fulfil South Africa’s commitment to the World Trade Organization’s Marrakesh Agreement as it relates to market access. Market access permits will be issued for products specified in the schedules of this notice.

The regulations, among other things: set out institutional requirements for the establishment of municipal planning tribunals; provide for monitoring of tribunals; provide with respect to submission of land development and land use applications and decisions relating to such applications by municipalities. Municipalities are allowed to create a joint municipal planning tribunal by agreement.

The notice inserts regulations 21K, 21L, 21M, and the table on exit level outcomes” into the Regulations.”””

The norms and standards determine the requirements for the disposal of waste to landfills as enshrined in the waste classification and management regulations of 2013.

The notice concerns hygienic requirements for the handling, transport and storage of food. The regulations outline requirements for all points in the food handling and packaging processes. It is stated that a person may not handle food or allow food to be handled in manners contrary to specifications of these regulations.

Modification of the customary law of succession to provide for the devolution of properties. The reform is in terms of the Intestate Succession Act of 1987. The customary law is the customs and practices observed among the indigenous people of South Africa.

The vision of the Integrated Food Security Strategy is for all South Africans to attain food security. The strategic objectives to realize this goal and the vision of the Integrated Food Security Strategy are to increase household food production and trading; improve income generation and job creation opportunities, improve nutrition and food safety; increase safety nets and food emergency management systems and improve analysis and information management system.

The regulations are amended by the substitution for table 1, which captures the fees payable” schedule.”””

The act provides for the security of tenure by transferring communal lands to communities, or by awarding comparable redress. It also provides for the democratic administration of communal land, and for the conduct of a land rights enquiry to determine the transition from old order rights to new order rights.

The notice operates under the Biodiversity Act of 2004. The Schedule contains the list of critically endangered, vulnerable and protected species.

The statutory measure sets out to enforce registration of specified parties with the South African Pecan Nut Producers Association NPS (SAPPA). By combining the register with rendering of returns, the measure hopes to create a level playing field for players and stakeholders through access to accurate and timely information, to guide their decision process. The measure applies to pecan nuts and pecan nut products, both locally produced and imported into South Africa.

The notice lists out the local authorities that are enforced within areas of jurisdiction

The management plan is compiled in terms of the national environmental management act of 1998. The third edition of the EMP assesses the environmental management relevance of the policies and programmes of the department of mineral resources (DMR). The EMP harmonizes all policies and plans of the DMR to avoid duplication of projects and efforts; as it strives to create sustainable economic growth of the mineral and mining sector.

This policy has a broad objective to cover all the current anomalies and shortfalls hampering the development of a viable game farming sector through a multi-disciplinary framework that can be endorsed by the cabinet and all affected departments for implementation at all levels of governance. The policy aims to support the effective management of viable game farming systems and facilitate the development of norms and standards for sustainable game farming.

The zonation within the marine protected area is outlined by the regulations. It is stipulated that no scientific research within the protected area shall be carried out except with a research permit issued by the Minister or the management authority of the protected area. It lists out the general restrictions within the protected area.

The regulations are amended by the substitution for table 1, which captures the fees payable” schedule.”””

The measure is subject to the marketing of agricultural products act of 1996. The statutory measure applies to apricots destined for export, import, or domestic fresh consumption. It seeks to ensure the availability of market information to all stakeholders in the industry. The levy will be used by the HORTGRO services to fund research and development projects, plant improvement, and information transfer, among others, for the benefit of the apricot industry. The measure will be administered and implemented by HORTGRO services, a company established in terms of the companies act.

The notice mandates beekeepers to undergo registration every year. It also offers details on the information to be supplied, marking of beehives by keepers, record keeping, inspections, prohibitions, management of beehives, and exemptions from the control measures

An amendment to section 18(1)(f) of the animal identification act of 2002. There is a substitution of fees payable” table schedule.”””

This serves as an amendment to the national environmental management act of 1998. Among other provisions, the amendments include; adjustment of timeframes for the preparation of environmental implementation plans and environmental management plans; provision for the procedure for submitting environment outlook reports; promotion of the mainstreaming of integrated, environmentally sustainable and sound management considerations into business processes, practices, technology and decision-making across the economy; insertion of provisions to regulate products which have a detrimental effect on the environment.