48 No. 27235 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11 FEBRUARY 2005 SCHEDULE IA The powers and duties vested in the Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry under the National Forests Act, 1998 (Act No. 84 of 1998) and contained in the table below are assigned to SANParks. SECTION of the FORESTS ACT POWER OR FUNCTION (The words used herein have the meanings assigned to them in Clauses 2. I and 2.2 of Schedule Ir) Carrying out or commissioning of research The power to issue licences to: cut, disturb, damage or destroy any indigenous, living tree in a natural forest, possess, collect, remove, transport, export, purchase, sell, donate or in any other manner acquire or dispose of any tree, or any forest product derived from any indigenous, living tree in a natural forest. The right, on behalf of the State, to: the use, management, control and operation of the land, and the forest produce in the land, subject to compliance with the provisions of sub-paragraphs (i), (ii) and The power to issue licences to under...