| (1) |
No person shall keep buffalo on any land which is not registered by the director for this purpose. |
| (2) |
An application for the registration of land for the keeping of buffalo shall: |
| (a) |
be made by the responsible person in charge of the land concerned on the applicable form which is obtainable from the office of the responsible State Veterinarian; and |
| (b) |
be handed in at the office of the responsible State Veterinarian. |
| (3) |
Land for the keeping of buffalo shall only be registered if that land is fenced in a game proof manner for buffalo according to the requirements of the nature conservation authority concerned and,in the case of land which is situated within a controlled area with regard to foot and mouth disease or corridor disease and on which buffalo are kept or are to be kept, the fencing is electrified to the satisfaction of the responsible State Veterinarian. |
| (4) |
The director shall consider each application on merit and issue a certificate of registration to the responsible person concerned if— |
| (a) |
the application and the land comply with the various conditions set out in subregulations (2) and (3); and |
| (b) |
he is satisfied that the keeping of buffalo on the land concerned will not pose a disease threat to the surrounding area. |
| (5) |
A certificate of registration mentioned in subregulation (4)— |
| (a) |
shall be valid only in respect of the land specified therein; |
| (b) |
shall lapse when buffalo are no longer kept on the land concerned; |
| (c) |
may be withdrawn by the director if the holder thereof is convicted of an offence under this Act concerning the registration, keeping or movement of buffalo; |
| (d) |
shall not be transferable to other land; |
| (e) |
may be transferred to a new owner of the registered land provided he applies therefore in the manner referred to in subregulation (2); and |
| (f) |
may on application of the responsible person concerned in the manner referred to in subregulation (2), be amended to provide for an extension of the land to which it applies. |
| (6) |
Buffalo which are kept on land not registered in terms of this regulation or of which the registration has been withdrawn by the director shall be removed from the land concerned or be destroyed by the responsible person concerned, within the period and in such a manner as determined by the responsible State Veterinarian in an order served on such a person. |
| (7) |
If the responsible person concerned refuses or fails to comply with the provisions of subregulation (6) the responsible State Veterinarian may seize the buffalo concerned in terms of section 17(1) of the Act, and dispose of them in a manner determined by the director. |
[Regulation 20A substituted by section 5 of Notice No. R. 2358, GG15312, dated 10 December 1993]
Statistics Act, 1999
