Restriction on certain actions with reference to stud book animals — ANIMAL IMPROVEMENT ACT 62 OF 1998

15 Restriction on certain actions with reference to stud book animals No person shall- (a) represent or claim to represent breeders of stud book animals of a specific breed as an animal breeders ' society; (b) advertise that he or she promotes the breeding , recording or registration , genetic improvement and use of a kind of animal or an animal of a specified breed of such kind of animal; or (c) determine and apply breed standards or recommend the recording or registration of an animal of a specified breed of animal bred in or imported into the Republic with a registering authority , unless he or she is registered as an animal breeders ' society in terms of section 8 . No person shall in respect of the specified kind of animal or a specified breed of such kind of animal - (a) issue a certificate of registration of an animal which has been bred in or imported into the Republic; (b) issue a certificate of recording of an animal which has been bred in or imported into the Republic; or (c) issue a certificate with reference to the particulars of the pedigree of an animal which has been bred in or imported into the Republic , unless he or she is registered as a registering authority in terms of section 8 . (3) (a) A certificate referred to in subsection (2) (a) or (b) shall only be issued if the registering authority concerned has registered on behalf of the breeder of the animal concerned a prefix or a suffix to indicate animals bred by him or her , w ith the organisation which is contracted by the Department to operate the integrated registration and genetic information system . (b) Such a prefix or suffix shall be registered under conditions and on the payment of the fees determined by the organisation referred to in paragraph (a) , and the registration of the prefix or suffix shall be maintained on the periodic payment of the fees and under the conditions which have been determined , and such organisation shall issue a certificate in respect of each such registration . (c) A prefix or suffix which has been registered in favour of a person shall not be used by another person as a prefix or suffix or in any other manner to indicate an animal that has been bred by such other person . A power which in terms of subsection (2) only rests with a registering authority , shall not be so construed that it - (a) prohibits the breeder of an animal which is not registered or recorded by a registering authority to supply particulars of the pedigree of such animal in writing or otherwise; or (b) prohibits any person to supply particulars of the pedigree of an animal expressed on the certificate of registration or recording thereof in writing or otherwise .

Section 15