Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act, 1983 (Act No. 43 of 1983)RegulationsRegulations in terms of Conservation of Agricultural Resources ActPart I : Control Measures2. Cultivation of virgin soil |
| (1) | Except on authority of a written permission by the executive officer, no land user shall cultivate any virgin soil: Provided that such authority shall not be required in respect of virgin land for which an approval has been granted in terms of section 4A of the Forest Act, 1972 (Act No. 68 of 1972). |
| (2) | An application for a permission referred to in subregulation (1) shall be made on a form obtainable from an extension office for this purpose. |
| (3) | Such application form shall be completed by the land user of the farm unit on which such virgin soil is situated and shall be lodged at the extension office for the area within which the farm unit concerned is situated at least three months prior to the intended date of cultivation. |
| (4) | An officer may, for the purposes of an investigation deemed necessary to consider such application, direct a land user to dig such soil profile pits as such officer may determine and to take such other steps as that officer may determine. |
