Regulations made under the Agricultural Pests Act: Amendment (No. R. 276 of 2019)

This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 52 No. 42260 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1 MARCH 2019 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES NO. R. 276 01 MARCH 2019 R. 276 Agricultual Pests Act (36/1983): Regulations: Amendment* 42260 AGRICULTURAL PESTS ACT, 1983 (ACT No. 36 OF 1983) REGULATIONS: AMENDMENT* I, Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, acting under section 16 of the Agricultural Pests Act, 1983 (Act No. 36 of 1983), hereby amend the Regulations set out in the Schedule. S. Zokwana Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 1 MAART 2019 No. 42260 53 SCHEDULE Definition 1. In this Schedule “the Regulations” means the regulations published by Government Notice No. R. 111 of 27 January 1984, as amended by Government Notices Nos. R. 2573 of 15 November 1985, R. 2350 of 14 November 1986, R. 100 of 16 January 1987, R. 1521 of 14 July 1989, R. 75 of 18 January 1991, R. 1637 of 27 October 1995, R. 1471 of 20 November 1998, R. 665 of 28 May 1999, R. 614 of 23 June 2000, R. 396 of 18 May 2001, R. 367 of 5 April 2002, R. 464 of 4 April 2003, R. 143 of 9 February 2004, R. 244 of 24 March 2005, R. 228 of 17 March 2006 and R. 42 of 26 January 2007, R. 118 of 8 February 2008, R. 257 of 13 March 2009, R. 73 of 12 February 2010, R. 190 of 11 March 2011, R. 130 of 24 February 2012, R. 77 of 8 February 2013, R. 1003 of 20 December 2013, R. 50 of 30 January 2015, R. 67 of 29 January 2016, R. 134 of 17 February 2017 and R. 1417 of 15 December 2017. Substitution of Table 1 of the Regulations 2. Table 1 of the Regulations is hereby substituted with the following table: This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 54 No. 42260 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1 MARCH 2019 TABLE 1 FEES PAYABLE This amendment will come into operation on 01 April 2019. NATURE OF SERVICE TARIFF 1 2 1. 1. Issuing of a permit to authorize importation of controlled goods R 180,00 per permit (Maximum of 10 plant genus) 2. Inspection of a quarantine area in respect of which an application, adaptation or withdrawal of an instruction has been submitted [Reg.8 (a) of the Regulations] R 220,00 for 30 minutes or portion thereof 3. Test, examination or analysis of a sample taken in the course of an examination as intended in 2. [Reg.8 (b) of the Regulations] (i) Test occurrence of bacteria (ii) Test occurrence of fungi (iii) Test occurrence of nematodes (iv) Test occurrence of insects and mites (v) Morphological identifications of insects, mites, nematodes or fungi (vi) Biochemical tests for the identification of bacteria (vii) BIOLOG tests for the identification of bacteria (viii) PCR tests for the identification and/or detection of bacteria, fungi, nematodes, insects, mites, viruses and phytoplasmas (ix) Sequencing for the identification of bacteria, fungi, nematodes, insects, mites, viruses and phytoplasmas (x) ELISA tests for identification and/ or detection of organisms (xi) Herbaceous indexing for the detection of viruses R 271,00 per isolation R 192,00 per isolation R 131,00 per extraction R 141,00 per sample R 271,00 per identification R 226,00 per test R 285,00 per test plate R 503,00 per sample for the first test plus R 90,00 for every additional test R 379,00 per sample R 138,00 per test R 242,00 per sample 4. Appeal in terms of section 11 of the Act [Reg.9 (3) of the Regulations] R 6 881,00 per appeal