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"natural forest"

means a group of predominantly indigenous trees—

(a) whose crowns are largely contiguous in its undisturbed state;
(b) which may represent any successional stage or state of forest degradation, in which case crowns may not be contiguous;
(c) which occur in association with characteristic plants or animals recognised in vegetation science as diagnostic species of a specific natural forest type; or
(d) which have been declared by the Minister to be a natural forest in accordance with section 7(2);

[Definition substituted by section 1(d) 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]