1 . Definitions “ conservation legislation ” means national or provincial legislation that regulates the conservation and sustainable utilization of biodiversity ;
2 . Marking of live rhinoceros and any rhinoceros horn 1 . All live rhinoceros sold and transported after the commencement of these norms and standards that have not been micro-chipped before , or where an inserted micro-chip is no longer detectable , must be micro-chipped with one micro-chip in front of the left shoulder and one micro-chip in each of the horns .
WHITE RHINOCEROS
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Norms and Standards for the marking of rhinoceros and rhinoceros horn , and for the hunting of rhinoceros for trophy purposes – E . Molewa ( 10 April 2012 )
In this Schedule , unless the context indicates otherwise , a word or expression defined in the National Environmental Management : Biodiversity Act 2004 ( Act No . 10 of 2004 ) has the same meaning , and -
1 . Definitions “ conservation legislation ” means national or provincial legislation that regulates the conservation and sustainable utilization of biodiversity ;
‘’ duly authorised person ” means a person authorised by means of a permit issued in terms of the Act , but excludes the hunting client ;
“ hunting client ” means a natural person who - ( a ) is not a resident in the Republic ; and ( b ) pays or rewards a hunting outfitter , or a professional hunter or any other person , whether directly or indirectly for , or in connection with , the hunting of a white rhinoceros ;
“ hunting trophy ” means any horn , tooth , hide , skin , hair , or readily recognizable part or derivative of a rhinoceros , whether processed or not , and which is kept as a memento of the hunt ;
“ micro-chip ” means the marking of a rhinoceros or rhinoceros horn with or by means of a device that assigns a unique identification code to the rhinoceros or rhinoceros horn ;
“ similar facility ” means any facility that is authorised in terms of conservation legislation to prepare or process rhinoceros horn for export purposes ;
“ TRAFFIC database ” means a database developed by the organisation responsible for trade record analysis for fauna and flora in commerce , and used by an issuing authority for the recording of information relating to rhinoceros horn stock piles .
2 . Marking of live rhinoceros and any rhinoceros horn 1 . All live rhinoceros sold and transported after the commencement of these norms and standards that have not been micro-chipped before , or where an inserted micro-chip is no longer detectable , must be micro-chipped with one micro-chip in front of the left shoulder and one micro-chip in each of the horns .
2 . Rhinoceros mortalities must be reported to the issuing authority immediately after the death of the animal has been discovered .
3 . The owner of a live rhinoceros who acquires rhinoceros horn from a legal dehorning procedure , or the natural mortality of the rhinoceros , or where the rhinoceros has lost its horn in any other natural manner , where the rhinoceros horn has not been micro-chipped before or where an inserted microchip is no longer detectable , must apply to the issuing authority to have the rhinoceros horn microchipped , within 5 working days of acquiring such rhinoceros horn .
4 . When an application for the possession and / or marking of any detached rhinoceros horn is submitted to the issuing authority , information on the base circumference , inner length ( anterior ) and outer length ( posterior ) of each individual horn , as well as the weight
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