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AGRICULTURAL PESTS ACT (36/1983): CONTROL MEASURES: AMENDMENT

Posted 09 July 2014

The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has, in terms of section 6 of the Agricultural Pests Act, 36 of 1983 amended the Control Measures as published in terms of the Agricultural Pests Act, 36 of 1983 as set out in the schedule to this notice. The amendments include, inter alia, the insertion of the definition of "pest", the deletion of certain control measures and the amendment of the control measure in respect of the notification of a pest in a pest free area.