S.L. 549.66 Art. 20BResponsibility for adhering to these Regulations in certain cases.

(1) In the cases mentioned in regulation 13(2) of these regulations, the person responsible to ensure that a particular piece of agricultural land and/or holdings is/are in line with these regulations, shall be the person registered with the Department and any breaches shall be attributed to the person registered with the Department at the time of the breach.

(2) In case of agricultural land and/or holdings which have not been registered in terms of regulation 13, on which the Director has reason to believe that an offence against these regulations has been committed, the Department shall publish an enforcement notice in terms of regulation 19 in the Government Gazette and may implement the required intervention indicated in the said notice at its own expense after thirty (30) days from the publication date of the notice:

Provided that for instances which in the opinion of the Department admit of no delay, the Department shall implement the required intervention immediately:

Provided further that the Department shall have the right to recover any expenses incurred once the person responsible for that agricultural land and/or holdings is identified.