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National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003 (Act No. 57 of 2003)

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Regulations for the Proper Administration of Nature Reserves, 2012

Chapter 6 : Access to Nature Reserves

22. Points of entry and exit

 

(1) No person may, other than in an open access nature reserve, or subject to the provisions of Section 46 of the Act and regulation 21, enter or leave a nature reserve at any place other than through the point of entry or exit, without the written authorization of the management authority.

 

(2) Where a public road or railway line passes through a nature reserve—
(a) no permission is required by a person to pass through the nature reserve on such a road or railway line to a destination outside the nature reserve in question; and
(b) no person may be authorised—
(i) to leave such a public road; or
(ii) to enter into a nature reserve from such public road or railway line other than in compliance with subregulation (1).

 

(3) No person may land in a nature reserve using an aircraft without the prior permission from the management authority.

 

(4) Subregulation (3) does not apply—
(a) in the case of an emergency; or
(b) to a person acting on the instructions of the management authority.