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Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)

Notices

Directions relating to Freshwater and Marine Fishing Sectors during Alert Level 3

1. Definitions

 

In these Directions, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Regulations, the Marine Living Resources Act, and any regulations promulgated in terms of the Marine Living Resources Act, bears the meaning so assigned and, unless the context otherwise indicates—

 

"charter fishing"

means fishing from a vessel carrying more then one passenger for hire that intend to undertake, or are engaged in recreational fishing;

 

"estuary"

has the meaning assigned to it in section 1 of the National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 (Act No. 24 of 2008);

 

"exemption"

means an exemption granted in terms of section 81 of the Marine Living Resources Act;

 

"freshwater system"

means any body of freshwater including rivers, dams and lakes excluding an estuary;

 

"licence"

means a licence issued to a fishing vessel in terms of section 23(1), 39(2) or 41(1) of the Marine Living Resources Act;

 

"Marine Living Resources Act"

means the Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 (Act No. 18 of 1998);

 

"recreational fishing"

means any fishing done in the sea, an estuary or a freshwater system for leisure or sport and not for sale, barter, earnings or gain;

 

"Regulations"

means the Regulations issued in terms of section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act and published on 29 April 2020 in Government Notice No. R.480 of Government Gazette No. 43258, as amended by Government Notice 608 published in Government Gazette 43364 of 28 May 2020; and

 

"right"

means any existing right granted in terms of section 18 of the Marine Living Resources Act.