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

To provide for the protection and conservation of ecologically viable areas  representative of South Africa’s biological diversity and its natural landscapes and  seascapes; for the establishment of a national register of all national, provincial and  local protected areas; for the management of those areas in accordance with  national norms and standards; for intergovernmental co-operation and public  consultation in matters concerning protected areas; for the continued existence, governance and functions of South African National Parks; and for matters in connection  therewith.

[Long title substituted by section 29 of Act 31 of 2004]

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Parliament of South Africa as follows:—