Delegation of powers and duties under the National Forests Act.

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This Notice provides for the assignment of powers and duties vested in the Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry under the National Forests Act, 1998 to SANParks. Powers include: power to issue licences to: cut, disturb, damage or destroy any indigenous, living tree in a natural forest, possess, collect, remove, transport, export, purchase, sell, donate or in any other manner acquire or dispose of any tree, or any forest product derived from any indigenous, living tree in a natural forest; the right, on behalf of the State, to the use, management, control and operation of the land, and the forest produce in the land; and the power to grant servitudes on, under or over the land and to lease land.

Implements: National Forests Act (No. 84 of 1998). (1998-10-20)

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