9163 Results Found

Establishment of Statutory Measure: Registration of Exporters, Fresh Produce Markets, Importers, Market Agents, Potato Producers, Processors and Traders

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

The statutory measure applies to potatoes. It pushes to compel stakeholders of potato to register with the relevant administrators. It sees registration as a means to ensure the availability of information to all players in the industry, to enable them to make informed decisions. The measure lists out the parties mandated to register, and the registration process. Potatoes are appointed as an administrator of the statutory measure.

South Africa 2011 Agriculture and Rural Development

National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act: Regulations for the Management of the Agulhas Front Marine Protected Area

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The entire Agulhas front marine protected area is zoned as a single restricted zone which is determined by using the World Geodetic System (WGS) of 1984. The regulations stipulate that no scientific research within the protected area shall be carried out except with a research permit issued by the Minister. It lists out the general restrictions within the protected area.

South Africa 2019 Environment and Climate Change

Water Amendment Act

Ministry of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, South Africa

Amendment of the water act of 1956, to further regulate the abstraction of water from public streams of which the natural flow is artificially augmented.

South Africa 1997 Utilities

Establishment of Statutory Measure and Determination of Guideline Prices: Levy Relating to Cotton Lint

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

The statutory measure applies to cotton lint. A levy is imposed on all-cotton lint ginned by ginners from seed cotton. This is to provide financial support for rendering information to industry players, promotion of cotton production and use, coordination of research, and maintenance of quality standards.

South Africa 2004 Agriculture and Rural Development

Biodiversity Management Plan for Eleven Critically Endangered and Four Endangered Encephalartors Cycad Species

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The Encephalartos species are the most threatened plant group in South Africa, with a significant portion of the group designated as critically endangered and others extinct. The species group is challenged by the illegal removal of adult wild plants to meet private collection needs. The management plan seeks to ensure the sustainable survival in nature of the Encephalartos species.

South Africa 2016 Environment and Climate Change

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

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

The regulations classify wheat as soft and other, and it spells out the standards for classification. A consignment of wheat is classified as soft if it contains at least 95 percent (m/m) of one or more of the soft wheat seeds; otherwise, a consignment is classified as other.

South Africa 2016 Agriculture and Rural Development

Declaration of Tsitsikamma and Wilderness National Parks.

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

By virtue of the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act of 2003, the minister declares Tsitsikamma and wilderness national parks as part of garden route national park. The minister also assigns South African national parks as the management authority of the consolidated garden route national park.

South Africa 2011 Land, Housing and Natural Resources

Animal Identification Act; Amendment

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

An amendment to section 18(1)(f) of the animal identification act of 2002.

South Africa 2009 Agriculture and Rural Development

Agricultural Pests Act; Control Measures: Amendment

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

The notice amends the control measures of the Agricultural Pests Act. It substitutes table 10 of the control measures with a fees payable table.

South Africa 2011 Agriculture and Rural Development

External International Training Programme Policy

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

This policy allows the National Department of Agriculture to provide resources to potential trainees in the agricultural field. It also outlines principles for international training programmes,

South Africa 2003 Agriculture and Rural Development

Marketing of Agricultural Products Act: Establishment of Statutory Measure: Records and Returns Relating to Olive Trees as well as Production and Processing of Table Olives and Olive Oil, and Importation of Table Olives and Olive Oil

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

The statutory measure is subject to the marketing of agricultural products act of 1996. It applies to table olives and olive oil obtained from domestic consumption and/or imports; It states that: “A person shall have a choice to register as either a producer or as 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.

South Africa 2012 Agriculture and Rural Development

Amendments to the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

This amends the environmental impact assessment regulations of 2014; subject to the national environmental management act of 1998. The amendments relate to the appointment of environmental assessment practitioners, competent authorities’ right of access to information, and submission and consideration of an environmental impact assessment report, among others.

South Africa 2017 Environment and Climate Change

Medicines and Related Substances Act; Schedules

Ministry of Health, South Africa

The notice updates the schedules in the medicines and related substances act of 1965. Among other proclamations, It is explicitly stated that: “no person shall sell, have in his or her possession or manufacture any medicine or scheduled substance, except in accordance with the prescribed conditions”. It excludes substances specifically for industrial and analytical laboratory purposes.

South Africa 2018 Health

Regulations Relating to Irradiated Foodstuffs

Ministry of Health, South Africa

The notice of the minister states that; “no foodstuff which has been irradiated shall be sold unless the Minister or the Director-General has in writing, approved the sale of such irradiated foodstuffs. It defines irradiation as a deliberate exposure to ionising radiation.

South Africa 1983 Health

Designation of Administrator, Local Authorities who may Issue Authorisation for Undertaking of Activities in Outeniqua Sensitive Coastal Area

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

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 as related to the Outeniqua Sensitive Coastal Area.

South Africa 1996 Environment and Climate Change

Animal Identification Act; Amendment

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

An amendment to section 18(1)(f) of the animal identification act of 2002.

South Africa 2006 Agriculture and Rural Development

Control Measures Relating to Avian Influenza in Certain Areas

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

The control measures are prescribed under the animal diseases act of 1984. The measures are to prevent the spread of avian influenza disease from the areas specified in the notice.

South Africa 2004 Agriculture and Rural Development

National Environmental Management Act: National Exemption Regulations

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The regulations attempt to coordinate the processes in section 24M (3) of the national environmental management act of 1988, as it relates to the lodging and processing of an application for exemption.

South Africa 2014 Environment and Climate Change