Measure

(1) An application for written authorisation by the registrar for the importation of -

(a) animals (except poultry), semen or ova shall be made on a form which shall conform to the provisions of regulation 38(1) and (3) and which shall -

   (i) state the full name and address of the person requiring such authorisation;

   (ii) state the separate number of male and female animals such person owns of the kind and breed of which he intends to import animals, semen or ova;     (iii) state the name of the farm on which the animals referred to in subparagraph (ii) are kept and the magisterial district in which it is situated; 

(iv) state the prefix or suffix registered in favour of such person in respect of the animals referred to in subparagraph (ii);

    (v) state the kind and breed of animals, and the separate number of male and female animals to be imported;

    (vi) state the number of doses of semen to be imported and the particulars specified in subparagraph (v) relating to each animal from which such semen is to be collected and shall also state the name of the person or body by whom the semen is to be collected;

    (vii) state the number of ova to be imported and the particulars specified in subparagraph (vi) relating to each animal from which each ovum concerned is to be collected and if fertilised ova are to be imported, to each animal of which semen is to be used for the fertilisation of each ovum concerned and shall also state the name of the person or body by whom the ova are to be collected;

    (viii) state the country of origin of the animals, semen or ova intended for importation;

    (ix) state the port of entry through which the importation is to take place; (x) state the intended date of importation; and (xi) state in the case of semen, the name of the A.I. centre who will receive such semen at the port of entry on behalf of the person referred to in subparagraph (i);

(b) poultry or eggs of -

    (i) new pure breeding lines;

    (ii) a previously imported pure breeding line for the continued performance of which it is necessary that a pure breeding line thereof, or the same pure breeding line which has been improved abroad, be imported;

    (iii) parent stock; or

    (iv) poultry breeds for show purposes; shall be made in the form in Schedule XIV hereto.

(2) An application in terms of subregulation (1)(a) shall be accompanied by -

   (a) in the case of animals -

     (i) an extended two-generation pedigree of each animal intended for importation; and

     (ii) the performance records, if available, relating to each animal intended for importation:

Provided that the particulars in these documents shall be corroborated by a competent authority in the country of origin of the animals;

   (b) in the case of semen, the documents referred to in paragraph (a), as well as a certificate by a competent authority in the country of origin of the semen in which the bloodtype in respect of each animal from which the semen specified in the application was collected is stated;

   (c) in the case of fertilised ova, a confirmation by the foreign supplier that the animal from which the ova are to be collected shall have been fertilised by means of artificial insemination, and the documents referred to in paragraph (b) in respect of -

     (i) the animal from which such ova are to be collected; and

     (ii) the animal of which the semen is to be used for the artificial insemination of the animal for the fertilisation of those ova;

   (d) in the case of unfertilised ova, a confirmation by the foreign supplier that the animal from which the ova are to be collected, shall not have been fertilised previously and the documents referred to in paragraph (b) in respect of the animal from which such ova are to be collected.

(3) An application referred to in subregulation (1)(b)(i), (ii) or (iii) shall be accompanied by -

   (a) a certificate by the foreign supplier in which the pure breeding line of those poultry or eggs are confirmed; and

(b) a full statement of the reasons for the importation of a new pure breeding line if the reasons to be furnished in terms of subregulation (6) are based on qualities other than those which are normally evaluated in the tests referred to in subregulation (4)(a)(ii).

(4) An application referred to in subregulation (1)(b) shall in the case of -

   (a) the pure breeding lines specified in the application, be accompanied by -

     (i) the confirmation referred to in subregulation (3)(a); and

     (ii) a copy of the results of a recently held foreign random sample broiler test or random sample egg production test, as the case may be, during which the commercial end products of those pure breeding lines were evaluated; or

   (b) poultry breeds for show purposes specified in the application, be accompanied by confirmation by the foreign supplier that such poultry is pure-bred. 

(5) If the applicant enters into any agreement with the foreign supplier of animals, semen, ova, poultry or eggs in terms of which royalties or any fees or concession shall be. payable or given in addition to the purchase price of the animals, semen, ova, poultry or eggs in respect of the use of such animals, semen, ova, poultry or eggs, or the descendants thereof, an application made in terms of subregulation (1) shall be accompanied by confirmation by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs that such agreement has been approved by that Department: Provided that no application for the further importation of animals, semen, ova, poultry or eggs of the same kind and breed or breeding line shall be granted on the grounds of an agreement to this effect entered into between the importer and the foreign supplier.

(6) Subject to the provisions of subregulations (2), (3), (4) and (5), each application made in terms of subregulation (1), shall be accompanied by a full statement of the reasons why the importation of the animals, semen, ova, poultry or eggs concerned will be in the interests of the applicant in particular and the livestock industry or poultry industry in general.

(7) An application -

   (a) referred to in subregulation (1)(b)(i), (ii) or (iii) shall only be made for eggs or day old chickens; and

   (b) referred to in subregulation (1)(b)(iv) shall only be made for day old chickens or adult poultry. 

(8) An application in terms of this regulation for the re-importation of animals exported under an authorisation in terms of section 17 of the Act may be made simultaneously with an application in terms of regulation 32(1) for an authorisation to export such animals.