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National Forests Act, 1998 (Act No. 84 of 1998)

Chapter 8 : Enforcement

65. Appointment of forest officers

 

The Director-General may—

 

(a) designate posts in the Department or in any provincial administration or local authority, whose incumbents are forest officers;

 

(b) appoint any other suitably qualified persons as forest officers;

 

(c) determine different levels of forest officers; and

 

(d) determine qualification criteria for forest officers.

 

[Section 65(c) and (d) inserted by section 19 of the National Forests Amendment Act, 2022 (Act No. 1 of 2022), Notice No. 1131, GG46650, dated 1 July 2022 - effective 4 December 2024 per Commencement Proclamation 233 of 2024]