No. 26025 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 18 FEBRUARY 2004 Act No. 57, 2003 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT, 2003 GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE: ***** Areas marked with five asterisks indicate omitted provisions which will be inserted by way of an Amendment Bill. That Bill will be dealt with in terms of the procedure prescribed by section 75 of the Constitution -as explained in paragraph 1 of the Memorandum on the Objects of the Bill. (English text signed by the President.) (Assented to 11 February 2004.) ACT To provide for the protection and consertion of ecologically viable areas representative of South Africa's biological diversity and its natural landscapes and seascapes; for the establishment of a national register of all national, provincial and local protected areas; for the management of those areas in accordance with national norms and standards; for intergovernmental co-operation and public consultation in matters concerning protected areas; and for matters in connec...