| (b) |
advertise that he or she promotes the breeding, recording or registration, genetic improvement and use of a kind of animal or an animal of a specified breed of such kind of animal; or |
| (c) |
determine and apply breed standards or recommend the recording or registration of an animal of a specified breed of animal bred in or imported into the Republic with a registering authority, |
unless he or she is registered as an animal breeders’ society in terms of section 8.
| (2) |
No person shall in respect of the specified kind of animal or a specified breed of such kind of animal— |
| (a) |
issue a certificate of registration of an animal which has been bred in or imported into the Republic; |
| (b) |
issue a certificate of recording of an animal which has been bred in or imported into the Republic; or |
| (c) |
issue a certificate with reference to the particulars of the pedigree of an animal which has been bred in or imported into the Republic, |
unless he or she is registered as a registering authority in terms of section 8.
| (a) |
A certificate referred to in subsection (2)(a) or (b) shall only be issued if the registering authority concerned has registered on behalf of the breeder of the animal concerned a prefix or a suffix to indicate animals bred by him or her, with the organisation which is contracted by the Department to operate the integrated registration and genetic information system. |
| (b) |
Such a prefix or suffix shall be registered under conditions and on the payment of the fees determined by the organisation referred to in paragraph (a), and the registration of the prefix or suffix shall be maintained on the periodic payment of the fees and under the conditions which have been determined, and such organisation shall issue a certificate in respect of each such registration. |
| (c) |
A prefix or suffix which has been registered in favour of a person shall not be used by another person as a prefix or suffix or in any other manner to indicate an animal that has been bred by such other person. |
| (4) |
A power which in terms of subsection (2) only rests with a registering authority, shall not be so construed that it— |
| (a) |
prohibits the breeder of an animal which is not registered or recorded by a registering authority to supply particulars of the pedigree of such animal in writing or otherwise; or |
| (b) |
prohibits any person to supply particulars of the pedigree of an animal expressed on the certificate of registration or recording thereof in writing or otherwise. |
Statistics Act, 1999
