National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003 (Act No. 57 of 2003)Chapter 2 : System of Protected Areas in South Africa14. Continued existence of marine protected areas |
Any marine protected area which had been declared as such in terms of section 43 of the Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 (Act No. 18 of 1998), and which exists when the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Amendment Act, 2014, takes effect, must be regarded as a marine protected area declared as such in terms of section 22A.
[Section 14 substituted by section 4 of Act No. 21 of 2014]