Government Gazette 18486 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT No. 1626. 3 December 1997 NO. 70 OF 1997: NATIONAL PARKS AMENDMENT ACT, 1997.
No. 70 of 1997: National Parks Amendment Act, 1997.
ACT To amend the National Parks Act, 1976, so as to substitute the definition of "board"; to change the name of the National Parks Board, established under that Act, to that of "South African National Parks"; to regulate anew the power of the board to borrow money; to provide that the board may co-operate with certain persons or organisations prepared to volunteer their assistance in order to further the objects of the Act; and to provide that certain weapons declared forfeited shall be delivered to the South African Police Service for disposal; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
(Assented to 26 November 1997.
Act 114 of 1991, section 1 of Act 52 of 1992 and section 1 of Act 38 of 1995 1.
Amendment of section 5 of Act 57 of 1976, as substituted by section 5 of Act 23 of 1990 and amended by section 2 of Act 38 of 1995 2.
"(1) As from the date of commencement of the National Parks Amendment Act, 1997, the National Parks Board, established under this subsection as it was in force immediately before the substitution thereof by section 2(a) of the said Act, shall be known as South African National Parks."
"(1A) Any reference to the National Parks Board in any law, deed or other document shall, unless clearly inappropriate, be construed as a reference to South African National Parks."
"Provided that no loan shall be raised by the board without the authority of the Minister in excess of the total amount which the Minister shall in respect of each year approve on the conditions which he or she may determine with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance.".
Insertion of section 14A in Act 57 of 1976 3.
complies with the requirements so prescribed.
Amendment of section 24 of Act 57 of 1976, as amended by section 6 of Act 23 of 1983 and section 8 of Act 23 of 1990 4.
32(1) of the Arms and Ammunition Act, 1969 (Act No.
African Police Service to be disposed of.
Act committed within a park, and any weapon, excluding a weapon contemplated in paragraph (a), explosive, trap, poison, animal, article, vehicle or vessel declared forfeited in terms of subsection (9), shall be paid over or delivered to the board.
Amendment of section 29, as amended by section 3 of Act 60 of 1987, section 10 of Act 23 of 1990 and section 11 of Act 52 of 1992.
This Act shall be called the National Parks Amendment Act, 1997.