National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act: Regulations: Management of Orange Shelf Marine Protected Area (No. R. 791 of 2019).

These Regulations of the Minister of Environmental Affairs, made under sections 48A and 86 of the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003, provide rules for the administration, conservation and management of the Orange Shelf Edge Marine Protected Area. The Marine Protected Area is entirely zoned as a Sanctuary Area in terms of the Act. "Sanctuary Area" means an area within a marine protected area where no fishing or any other activity contemplated in terms of section 48A(1) of the Act may take place, except for scientific research purposes. Section 48 was inserted into the principal Act by the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Amendment Act 2014. The Regulations set out general restrictions within the Marine Protected Area. Restrictions are placed on the entry and use of vessels in the zone. All fishing gear shall be stowed as prescribed. A permit issued in terms of these Regulations may be suspended, cancelled or amended.