• Agricultural Pests Act, 1983 (Act No. 36 of 1983)
  • Notice No. 818 of 1983
  • Act
  • 1. Definitions
  • 2. Persons charged with administration of Act
  • 3. Importation of controlled goods
  • 4. Powers of executive officer
  • 5. Compulsory notification of presence of certain pests on land
  • 6. Prescribing of control measures by Minister
  • 7. Orders with regard to land
  • 8. Powers of Minister
  • 9. Powers of entry and investigation
  • 10. Recovery of fees and expenses
  • 11. Appeal to Minister
  • 12. Preservation of secrecy
  • 13. Offences and penalties
  • 14. Presumptions and evidence
  • 15. Liability of employer or principal
  • 16. Regulations
  • 17. Delegation of powers of Minister
  • 18. Limitation of liability
  • 19. Certain provisions bind State
  • 20. Repeal of laws
  • 21. Short title and commencement
• Regulations
  • Control Measures 
    • Notice No. R. 110 of 1984
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Prohibition relating to the occurrence and removal of certain pathogens and insects
    • 3. Prohibition relating to movement, keeping, planting or cultivation of certain plants
    • 4. Prohibition relating to the removal of certain plants
    • 4A. Exemption from a prohibition
    • 5A and 5B. Prohibition relating to keeping, planting or cultivation of certain controlled goods
    • 6. Application for permits
    • 7. [Deleted] Compulsory notification
    • 8. Compulsory notification
    • 9. Destruction of plants, plant products and other regulated articles
    • Tables
      • Table 1 : Prohibited pathogens [Control measure 2]
      • Table 2 : Prohibited insects [Control measure 2]
      • Table 3 : Plants of which the keeping, planting or cultivating is prohibited in certain areas [Control measure 3(1)]
      • Table 4 : Name of variety [Control measure 3(2)]
      • Table 5 : Plants of which the movement from, and the keeping, planting or cultivating on certain areas is prohibited [Control measure 3(3) and 4(1)(i)]
      • Table 6 : Plants which the removal to certain areas is prohibited except on Authority of Permit [Control measure 4(2)]
      • Table 7 [Deleted]
      • Table 8 : Insects of which the removal of plants infected therewith are prohibited [Control measure 4(3)]
      • Table 9 : Prohibited pathogens and insects [Control measure 2]
      • Table 10 : Fees payable [Control measure 4, 7]
      • Table 11 [Deleted]
      • Table 12 : [Control measure 3(4)]
  • Regulations
    • Notice No. R. 111 of 1984
    • 1. Definitions
    • Part I : Importations of Controlled Goods
      • 2. Application for permits
      • 3. Ports of entry
      • 4. Presentation of controlled goods for inspection
      • 4A. Extended detention for importation of controlled goods
      • 5. Inspections outside the official office hours
    • Part II : Orders
      • 6. Serving of orders
      • 7. Evidence of service of orders
      • 8. Amendment and withdrawal of orders
    • Part III : Appeals
      • 9. Submission of appeals
      • 10. Inquiries into appeals
      • 11. Address for noting of appeals
    • Part IV : General
      • 12. [Deleted] Calculation of traveling expenses
      • 13. Payment of fees
      • 14. Address for the submission of documents
    • Tables
      • Table 1 : Fees Payable
      • Table 2 : Ports of Entry (Reg.3)
    • Annexure
      • Annexure : Application for a Permit for the Importation of Controlled Goods
  • Importation of Controlled Goods without a Permit
    • Notice No. R. 1013 of 1989
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Exemption from permit requirements
    • 3. Conditions of exemption
    • Tables
      • Table 1 : Controlled Goods Exempted from Permits, and Requirements of Exemption
      • Table 2 : Insects and Pathogens
      • Table 3 : Ports of Entry
  • Control Measures relating to Honey-Bees
    • Notice No. R. 858 of 2013
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Registration of beekeepers
    • 3. Marking of beehives
    • 4. Record keeping
    • 5. Inspections
    • 6. Prohibition of removal of Capensis-infected colonies
    • 7. Destruction of Capensis-infected colonies
    • 8. Prohibition of movement of infected honey-bee colonies
    • 9. Destructin of infected honey-bee colonies
    • 10. Exemption from control measures
    • Annexures
      • Annexure A : List of Notifiable Diseases
  • Control Measures relating to Asian citrus psyllid and Citrus greening: Asian and American strains
    • Notice No. R. 176 of 2021
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Compulsory notification
    • 3. Responsibilities of the authority
    • 4. Issuance of an official order
    • 5. Quarantine area
    • 6. Prohibition relating to the removal and the keeping of infested/infected plants
    • 7. Movement of regulated articles
    • 8. Destruction of regulated articles
    • 9. Responsibilities of user of land or owner of land or organization or institution
    • 10. Issuance of guideline or action plan
    • 11. Application for a removal permit
    • 12. Exemption from a prohibition
    • Tables
      • Table 1 : Regulated pests
      • Table 2 : Regulated articles : the listed host plant or parts of host plants, excluding seeds and excluding fruit without leaves
  • Control Measures relating to the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer
    • Notice No. R. 725 of 2021
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Compulsory notification
    • 3. Responsibilities of executive officer
    • 4. Prohibition relating to the removal, keeping, planting or cultivation of infested plant/wood
    • 5. Issuance of an official order to the user of land
    • 6. Destruction of infested plants, part of a plant, plant products and other regulated articles
    • 7. Responsibility of user of land
    • 8. Issuance of guideline, regulation or action plan
    • 9. Issuance of regulation or amendment
    • 10. Application for a removal permit
    • 11. Exemption from a prohibition
    • Tables
      • Table 1 : Notifiable Insect
      • Table 2 : Reproductive Host Tree
      • Table 3 : Non-Reproductive Host Trees
    • Appendix
      • Appendix 1: Procedures to be followed when a new pest/regulated pest of plants has been detected in South Africa