• Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act, 1983 (Act No. 43 of 1983)
  • Notice No. 883 of 1983
  • Act
  • 1. Definitions
  • 2. Application of Act
  • 3. Objects of Act
  • 4. Executive officer and authorized person
  • 5. Prohibition of the spreading of weeds
  • 6. Control measures
  • 7. Directions
  • 8. Schemes
  • 9. Provisions of schemes
  • 10. Rendering of advice
  • 11. Minister may perform certain acts
  • 12. Maintenance of soil conservation works ...
  • 13. Minister may order payment of certain ...
  • 14. Expropriation of land for purposes of ...
  • 15. Conservation committees
  • 16. Regional conservation committees
  • 17. Conservation Advisory Board
  • 18. Powers of investigation
  • 19. Erection and maintenance of beacons ...
  • 20. Powers of executive officer
  • 21. Appeal against decisions or action
  • 22. Secrecy
  • 23. Penalties
  • 24. Presumptions and evidence
  • 25. Liability of employer or principal
  • 26. Delegation of powers of Minister
  • 27. Defects in form
  • 28. Limitation of liability
  • 29. Regulations
  • 30. Repeal of laws
  • 31. Short title and commencement
  • Schedule : Laws Repealed
• Regulations
  • Soil Conservation Scheme
    • Notice No. R. 1047 of 1984
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Name of scheme
    • 3. Objects of scheme
    • 4. Application of scheme
    • 5. Acts in respect of which subsidies may be paid
    • 6. Classification of soil conservation works
    • 7. Basis for the determination of subsidies
    • 8. Requirements for payment of subsidies
    • 9. Application for participation in scheme
    • 10. Entry of farm units
    • 11. Farm plans
    • 12. Consent to construct soil conservation works
    • 13. Notices of completion of construction
    • 14. Extension of validity of consents
    • 15. Statements and reports on construction of soil conservation works
    • 16. Payment of subsidies
    • 17. Erroneous payments
    • 18. Conditions on which subsidies are paid
    • 19. Commencement
    • Tables : Subsidy Tariffs for Soil Conservation Works - 100% Value
      • Table 1 : Fences
      • Table 2 : Contour banks and storm water furrows
      • Table 3 : Waterways grassed
      • Table 4 : New pipes, Low Density Polyethylene pipes, bearing SABS mark, for stock watering
      • Table 5 : New pipes, High Density Polyethylene pipes, bearing SABS mark, for stock watering
      • Table 6 : New pipes, Galvanised and black steel pipes with screw and socket joints, for stock watering
      • Table 7 : New pipes, UPVC Household and irrigation pipe with SABS mark
      • Table 8 : New pipes, Ultraflow MPVC pressure pipes (with no recycled materials included)
      • Table 9 : New pipes: Drainage pipes
      • Table 10 : Construction of drainage works
      • Table 11 : Drainage works
      • Table 12 : Cleaning and flushing of subsurface drainage pipes, reparation of flood damage
      • Table 13 : Reservoirs for stock watering systems
      • Table 14 : Rectangular drinking troughs
      • Table 15 : Circular drinking troughs
      • Table 16 : Concrete and masonry
      • Table 17 : Transport of building material
      • Table 18 : Excavation for foundations for concrete or masonry
      • Table 19 : Other excavations for sub surface drainage
      • Table 20 : Earth moving
      • Table 21 : Stone packs and pitching
      • Table 22 : Reclamation of drift sand
      • Table 23 : Reclamation of bare patches
      • Table 24 : % Payable for different works
      • Sliding Scale Formula for Flood Relief Works
  • Regulations in terms of Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act
    • Notice No. R. 1048 of 1984
    • 1. Definitions
    • Part I : Control Measures
      • 2. Cultivation of virgin soil
      • 3. Cultivation of land with a slope
      • 4. Protection of cultivated land against erosion ...
      • 5. Protection of cultivated land against erosion ...
      • 6. Prevention of waterlogging and salination of ...
      • 7. Utilisation and protection of vleis, marshes, water ...
      • 8. Regulating of the flow pattern of run-off water
      • 9. Utilisation and protection of veld
      • 10. Grazing capacity of veld
      • 11. Number of animals that may be kept on veld
      • 12. Prevention and control of veld fires
      • 13. Restoration and reclamation of eroded land
      • 14. Restoration and reclamation of disturbed or ...
    • Part II : Weeds and invader plants
      • 15. Declaration of weeds and invader plants
      • 15A. Combating of category 1 plants
      • 15B. Combating of category 2 plants
      • 15C. Combating of category 3 plants
      • 15D. Designation of biological control reserves
      • 15E. Methods of control
      • 15F. Application of other laws
      • 16. Indicators of bush enroachment
    • Part III : Directions
      • 17. Manner of serving
      • 18. Evidence of serving directions
    • Part IV : Conservation Committees
      • 19. Inaugural meeting
      • 20. Calling of meetings
      • 21. Quorum for meetings
      • 22. Chairman at meetings
      • 23. Reconsideration of certain resolutions
      • 24. Attendance of meetings
      • 25. Minutes of meetings
      • 26. Disposal of documents
    • Part V : Beacons and Marks
      • 27. Demarcation of areas to which directions apply
      • 28. Indication of position of soil conservation works
    • Part VI : Appeals
      • 29. Submission of appeals
      • 30. Hearing and questioning of appellants
      • 31. Address for lodging of appeals
    • Part VII : General
      • 32. Address of executive officer
      • 33. Commencement
    • Tables
      • Table 1 : Areas within which the Cultivation of ...
      • Table 2 : Large Stock Unit Equivalent of ...
      • Table 3 : Declared Weeds and Invader Plants
      • Table 4 : Declared Indicators of Bush Encroachment
  • Weed Control Scheme - Establishment
    • Notice No. R. 1044 of 1984
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Name of scheme
    • 3. Objects of scheme
    • 4. Application of scheme
    • 5. Acts in respect of which weed killers may be supplied
    • 6. Basis for the supply of week killers
    • 7. Requirements for supply of weed killers
    • 8. Applications for participation in scheme
    • 9. Entry of farm units
    • 10. Supply of weed killers
    • 11. Conditions on which weed-killers are supplied
    • 12. Date of commencement
    • Table 1 : Areas within and kinds of weeds to which ...
    • Table 2 : Incentives applicable to the supply of weed ...
• Notices
  • Revised tariffs for services rendered in terms of the Sub-Division of Agricultural Land Act, Act No. 70 of 1970 and Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act, Act No. 43 of 1983
    • Notice No. 470 of 2019
      • Tariff (2019/20)
    • Notice No. 276 of 2021
      • Tariff Structure (2021/22)
    • Notice No. R. 5876 of 2025
      • Tariff Structure (2025/2026)