National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003 (Act No. 57 of 2003)RegulationsRegulations for the Proper Administration of Nature Reserves, 2012Chapter 7 : Use of Water Area in a Nature Reserve33. Activities which may have an adverse effect in the nature reserve |
| (1) | No person may without the prior written authorization of the management authority— |
| (a) | introduce any specimen, or part thereof to a nature reserve; |
| (b) | convey, move or otherwise translocate any specimen in a nature reserve; |
| (c) | intentionally disturb any species or specimen in a nature reserve; |
| (d) | feed any species or specimen in a nature reserve; |
| (e) | use any recording of the sound of a species or specimen or the imagery or scent of a species or specimen to attract animals in a nature reserve; |
| (f) | lure, bait or attract by any means or for any purpose or intention any specimen in a nature reserve; |
| (g) | cut, damage, remove or destroy or be in possession of any plant or any part thereof, including dry wood or firewood in a nature reserve; |
| (h) | hunt, catch, capture or kill any living specimen by any means, method or device whatsoever, including searching, pursuing, driving, lying in wait, luring, alluring, discharging a missile or injuring with intent to hunt, catch, capture or kill any such specimen in a nature reserve; |
| (i) | gather, collect or pluck any specimen in a nature reserve; |
| (j) | pick parts of, or cut, chop off, uproot, damage or destroy, any specimen in a nature reserve; |
| (k) | possess or exercise physical control over any specimen in a nature reserve; |
| (l) | grow, breed or in any other way propagate any specimen, or cause it to multiply in a nature reserve; |
| (m) | sell or otherwise trade in, buy, receive, give, donate or accept as a gift, or in any way acquire or dispose of any specimen in a nature reserve; or |
| (n) | angle, attempt to angle, catch or attempt to catch fish in a nature reserve other than in an area designated for such purpose. |
| (2) | Subregulation (1)(f) does not apply to the use of bait or lures for the purpose of angling where such activity is permitted in a nature reserve. |
| (3) | No person within a nature reserve may— |
| (a) | intentionally or negligently cause pollution; |
| (b) | deface cultural heritage resources; or |
| (c) | harm or cause death to any individual or population of any species without the prior written authorization of a management authority. |
| (4) | No person may, other than with the prior written authorization of a management authority and subject to the management plan, open or close the mouth of a tidal lagoon or a tidal river within any nature reserve. |
| (5) | No person may, within a nature reserve place, throw, dump or let out any refuse, rubbish, used containers, effluent, toilet waste or any objectionable matter in areas other than those areas designated for this purpose by the management authority. |