National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act: Exempted Alien Species (No. 509 of 2013)

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT, 2004 PUBLICATION OF EXEMPTED ALIEN SPECIES I, Bomo Edith Edna Molewa, Minister for Water and Environmental Affairs, hereby under section 66(1) of the National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004), exempt the alien species listed in the Schedule from the provisions of section 65 of the said Act. BOMO EDITH ED A MOLEWA MINISTER FOR WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS 72 No. 36683 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19 JULY 2013 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za No. R. 509 19 July 2013 SCHEDULE EXEMPTED ALIEN SPECIES 1. The following categories of alien species are exempted from the provisions of section 65 of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004) : (a) Dead specimens of any alien species; (b) Alien species that have been legally introduced into the Republic of South Africa prior to the commencement of the Alien and Invasive Species Regulations, 2013 and that are not listed as an invasive species in tens of section 70(1)(a) of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004), including species imported for agricultural purposes; (c) Alien species that are also indigenous species and are regulated in terms of the Threatened and Protected Species Regulations, 2007, promulgated under the National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004); (d) Alien plant species that are also indigenous species; (e) Alien species regulated in terms of the Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act, 1983 (Act No. 43 of 1983), as weeds and invader plants. STAATSKOERANT, 19 JULIE 2013 No. 36683 73 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za