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GOVERNMENT NOTICE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS No. 2012 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT, 2004 PUBLICATION OF EXEMPTED ALIEN SPECIES I, Bomo Edith Edna Molewa, Minister for Water and Environmental Affairs, hereby under section 66(1) of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004), exempt the alien species listed in the Schedule from the provisions of section 65 of the said Act. BOMO EDITH EDNA MOLEWA MINISTER FOR WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS SCHEDULE EXEMPTED ALIEN SPECIES 1. The following categories of alien species are exempted from the provisions of section 65 of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004) : (a) Dead specimens of any alien species; (b) Alien species that has been legally introduced into the Republic of South Africa prior to the commencement of the Alien and Invasive Species Regulations, 2011 and that is not listed as an invasive species, including species imported for agricultural purposes; (c) Alien species that are also indigenous species and are regulated in terms of the Threatened and Protected Species Regulations, 2007, promulgated under the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004; (d) Alien plant species that are also indigenous species; (e) Alien species regulated in terms of the Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act, 1983 (Act No. 43 of 1983), as weeds and invader plants.