Declaration of protected natural environment: Atherstone (A.N. 124 of 1994)

EnviroLeg cc ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION Reg p 1 AN. 124 GG14995 22 April 1994 ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION ACT, 1989 (ACT No. 73 OF 1989): DECLARATION, ALLOCATION OF A NAME AND ISSUING OF DIRECTIONS UNDER SECTION 16 (1) AND 16 (2) OF A PROTECTED NATURAL ENVIRONMENT: ATHERSTONE PROTECTED NATURAL ENVIRONMENT I, Daniel Jacobus Hough, Administrator of the Transvaal, under section 16 (1) of the Environment Conservation Act, 1989 (Act No. 73 of 1989), after the provisions of section 32 of said Act have been complied with, hereby declare the area defined in Schedule I to be a protected natural environment, to be known as Atherstone Protected Natural Environment and under section 16 (2) of the said Act, with the concurrence of each Minister charged with the administration of an act which in my opinion relates to a matter affecting the environment in the Atherstone Protected Natural Environment which was declared as a protected natural environment by Administrator's Notice No. 4985 of 16 March 1994, hereby issue the directions in Schedule II. Given under my Hand at Pretoria this Twenty-second day of April, One thousand Nine hundred Ninety-four. D. J. HOUGH, Administrator of the Transvaal. SCHEDULE I DESCRIPTION OF THE ATHERSTONE PROTECTED NATURAL ENVIRONMENT The farm GROENGOUD No. 162, Registration Division KP, Transvaal. MEASURING three three nought three comma six seven seven six (3303,6776) hectares. The farm DIEPLAAGTE No. 61, Registration Division KP, Transvaal. MEASURING one eight one nine comma tour five nine six (1 819,4596) hectares. The farm JACKALSKRAAL No. 45, Registration Division KP, Transvaal. MEASURING one six eight eight comma three six seven four (1 688,3674) hectares. The farm VETBOOM No. 68, Registration division KP, Transvaal. MEASURING one eight nought nought comma nought two six two (1 800,0262) hectares. The farm FRANKFORT No. 69, Registration Division KP, Transvaal. MEASURING two three nine nought comma nine seven three four (2390,9734) hectares. The farm GROOTVLEI No. 160, Registration Division KP, Transvaal. MEASURING one eight two six comma six two five nought (1 826,6250) hectares. The farm ZUURVERDIEND No. 167, Registration Division KP, Transvaal. MEASURING two three nine three comma two nought eight (2393,208) hectares. The farm RUST No. 166, Registration Division KP, Transvaal. MEASURING two four eight seven comma eight seven three (2487,873) hectares. EnviroLeg cc ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION Reg p 2 The farm SUMMERFIELD No. 72, Registration Division KP, Transvaal. MEASURING two five nought six comma nought eight (2506,208) hectares. The farm SUMMERFIELD NOORD No. 70, Registration Division KP, Transvaal. MEASURING two four nought nine comma nine nought (2409,190) hectares. The farm SCHAAPVLEY No. 59, Registration Division KP, Transvaal. MEASURING two four one five comma five one eight (2415,518) hectares. Portion 0000 of the farm MOORLAND No. 47, Registration Division KP, Transvaal. MEASURING one three six nine comma six seven five (1 369,6275) hectares. The farm VERPOORT No. 161, Registration Division KP, Transvaal. MEASURING two seven nought seven comma eight tour eight nine (2707,8489) hectares. SCHEDULE II DIRECTIONS APPLICABLE TO ATHERSTONE PROTECTED NATURAL ENVIRONMENT 1. The properties mentioned in Schedule I shall be managed and controlled in accordance with sections 16 and 17 of the Environment Conservation Act, 1989 (Act No. 73 of 1989), as a collaborative nature reserve. 2. The general objectives of the Environment Conservation Act, 1989 (Act No. 73 of 1989), are pursued and entails that the private properties as a portion of the protected natural environment will be managed and controlled as a nature reserve, with the exclusion of any normal or conventional agricultural activities. 3. The directions must be read in conjunction with, and are supplemented by, all other directions, provisions, rules and principles as noted in the detailed constitution of the Atherstone Collaborative Nature Reserve. The last-mentioned will be as binding as the above-mentioned directions and are compiled by the Executive Committee of the reserve to regulate the right of entering, control and management thereof in accordance with the provisions of the Environment Conservation Act and the constitution of the reserve. 4. All directions, whether the directions endorsed by the Registrar of Deeds or the detailed directions as noted in the constitution of the protected natural environment are binding on the particular property owners as well as their successors in rights. 5. The directions will stay in effect until such time as the declaration of the protected natural environment is withdrawn by the Administrator or any other functionary as may be determined by the Environment Conservation Act. 6. These directions shall only be applicable to the portions of the properties mentioned in Schedule I which are mutually agreed upon by means of written agreement between the Administrator and the particular property owners. 7. The substitution, withdrawal or amendment of the directions may only be approved by the Administrator.