National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003 (Act No. 57 of 2003)

Chapter 7 : Administration of Act

88. General

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(1)Regulations made under section 86 or 87 may—
(a)restrict or prohibit any act either absolutely or conditionally;
(b)apply—
(i)generally throughout the Republic or a province, as the case may be, or only in a specified area or category of areas;
(ii)generally to all persons or only a specified category of persons; or
(iii)generally with respect to all species or only a specified species or category of species; or
(c)differentiate between—
(i)different areas or categories of areas;
(ii)persons or categories of persons; or
(iii)species or categories of species.

 

(2)Regulations made under section 86 or 87 may provide that any person who contravenes or fails to comply with a provision thereof is guilty of an offence and liable in case of a first conviction to a fine not exceeding R5 million or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding R10 million or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years or in both instances to both a fine and such imprisonment.

(Section 88(2) substituted by section 27 of Act 14 of 2009]