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Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act, 1983 (Act No. 43 of 1983)

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Regulations in terms of Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act

Part I : Control Measures

4. Protection of cultivated land against erosion through the action of water

 

(1) Every land user shall by means of as many of the following measures as are necessary in his situation, protect the cultivated land on his farm unit effectively against excessive soil loss as a result of erosion through the action of water:
(a) A suitable soil conservation work shall be constructed and thereafter be maintained in order to divert run-off water from other land or to restrict the run-off speed of run-off water.
(b) The land concerned shall be cultivated in accordance with such method or be laid out in such manner that the run-off speed of run-off water is restricted.
(c) The land concerned shall be utilised in accordance with a crop rotation system.
(d) Alternate strips on which a cover crop occurs shall be left undisturbed anually.
(e) Crop residues and other plant material shall be left on the land concerned, or shall be utilised as grazing or otherwise be removed only to such an extent that the remaining portion thereof will be sufficient to form a mulch.
(f) A suitable grazing crop shall be established on the land concerned, whereafter it shall be permanently withdrawn from cultivation.

 

(2) If the executive officer is satisfied that the measures applied by a land user in a particular case in terms of subregulation (1) are not sufficient to protect cultivated land effectively against excessive soil loss as a result of erosion through the action of water, he may direct such land user in writing to apply such additional measures as the executive officer may determine.