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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 7 : Use of Water Area in a Nature Reserve

46. Firearms and dangerous weapons

 

(1) No person other than an authorised person entering a nature reserve may subject to the provisions of subregulation (2) convey into or within a nature reserve or be in possession of any firearm or dangerous weapon or any explosive, trap or poison in a nature reserve;

 

(2) A person in possession of a valid licence for a firearm may convey that firearm into a nature reserve, other than an open access protected area, subject to conditions in subregulation (3).

(3)

(a) Any person visiting a nature reserve must, at the point of entry declare to the management authority, any weapon or firearm in his or her possession.
(b) The management authority may require any weapon or firearm referred to in subregulation (1) to be sealed, for the duration of the presence of the person in the nature reserve: Provided that the management authority, in the case of any weapon or firearm left in his or her custody, issue a written receipt.

 

(4) Any person who fails to declare any weapon or firearm in compliance with subregulation (3)(a), or any person in a nature reserve found in possession of any weapon or firearm which has not been declared as contemplated in that subregulation, must be guilty of an offence.