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

Regulations

Regulations in terms of the Marine Living Resources Act, 1998

Chapter 5 : Species Restrictions

Part 6 : Abalone

36. General

 

(1) No person shall—
(a) engage in fishing, collecting, disturbing, keeping, controlling, storing, transporting or be in possession of any abalone, except on the authority of a permit; or
(b) transport or be in possession of any abalone that is not in the whole state, except on the authority of a permit; or
(c) remove abalone other than with the use of a flat implement of which the front edge is not less than 25 mm wide and not more than 35 mm wide and that has been so rounded as not to cut or damage the foot of an abalone.

 

(2) [Regulation 36(2) repealed by regulation 6(1) in Notice No. R. 62 dated 1 February 2008]

 

(3) No person shall sell, deliver or acquire any abalone, or any part or product thereof, unless the seller issues an invoice described in subregulation (4) at the time of delivery in respect of such abalone or any part or product thereof to the person acquiring it.

 

(4) An invoice referred to in subregulation (3) shall be kept for not less than 24 months by the person to whom it has been issued and shall contain at least the following details:
(a) full particulars, including full names, identity numbers, registration numbers and physical addresses, of the parties to the sale;
(b) the date of delivery;
(c) the quantity or mass of abalone or part or product thereof sold; and
(d) the number and date of issue of the permit authorising the selling of the abalone.

 

[Regulation 36 substituted by regulation 3 in Notice No. R. 1455 dated 8 October 2003]