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

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Regulations in terms of the Marine Living Resources Act, 1998

Chapter 6 : Mariculture

71. Notifiable diseases

 

(1) Any notice in the Gazette whereby the Minister declares any disease, including a pest or parasite, that kills or causes illness in fish or marine vegetation, or that kills or causes illness in people who eat the infected fish or marine vegetation' to be a notifiable disease, shall have immediate effect unless otherwise specified in the notice.

 

(2) No person who knows or has reason to suspect that any fish is infected with a notifiable disease may—
(a) sell the fish, whether alive or dead; or
(b) deposit the fish, whether alive or dead, in any waters or in a place where it may enter any waters.