ASSIGNMENT OF LAWS RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE CONSERVATION: E CAPE

       No. R. 12, 1996

ASSIGNMENT OF LAWS RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE CONSERVATION UNDER
SECTION 235 (8) OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1993:
PROVINCE OF EASTERN CAPE

     Under section 235 (8) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa,
1993 (Act No.  200 of 1993), I hereby-

    (a) assign the administration of the laws specified in the first column of
        the Schedule, excluding those provisions (if any) of the said laws which
        fall outside the functional areas specified in Schedule 6 to the
        Constitution or which relate to matters referred to in paragraphs (a) to
        (e) of section 126 (3) of the Constitution, to a competent authority
        within the jurisdiction of the government of the province of Eastern
        Cape designated in respect of each such law by the Premier of that
        province; and

    (b) determine that the said laws are assigned to the extent specified
        opposite each such law in the second column of the Schedule in so far as
        such a law is applicable in a part of the province of Eastern Cape.

     Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Republic of South Africa at Cape
Town this Twenty-eighth day of February, One thousand Nine hundred and
Ninety-six.

     N. R. MANDELA
     President By Order of the President-in-Cabinet:

     Z. S. T SKWEYIYA
     Minister of the Cabinet

                                    SCHEDULE

    Title, No.  and year of law        Extent of assignment

1. Nature Conservation Act, 1987       1. Sections 42, 43, 52, 58 and
   (Act No.  10 of 1987), of
   66; and the former Ciskei           2. sections 46, 56 and 67, in so
                                          far as they apply or relate to the
                                          sections referred to in item 1 above.

2. Environmental Conservation          1. Sections 8, 9 (1) and (3), 10, 11, 34,
Decree, 1992 (Decree No.                  39, 40, 65, 66, 67,
9 of 1992), of the former Transkei        68, 87 and 93 (3), Schedule 1 in so
                                          far as it does not relate to marine
                                          fauna, and Schedules 2, 3, 4, 5, and
                                          6; and

                                       2. sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 (2),
                                          69, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84,
                                          85 and 92, in so far as they apply or
                                          relate to

                                      (a) the sections and Schedules referred
                                          to in item 1 above;and

                                      (b) Chapters 3 and 4, Part 1 of
                                          Chapter 5, Chapters 6, 8 and 9,
                                          sections 63 and 64 in respect of
                                          inland waters, sections 70, 71 and 72
                                          in so far as each relates to
                                          indigenous fauna and flora, and
                                          sections 73 and 74.