Section 20- Powers of Director
(1) The Director may—
(a) with the approval of the Minister, delegate to a person any power
conferred upon him by this Act in relation to a particular matter or class of matters or
otherwise; and
(b) with the approval of the Minister, authorize a person or class of
persons to do anything or perform any act which may be done or performed in terms
of this Act;

Section 21 Powers of authorized persons
(1) An authorized person may, in the performance of his duties under this Act, enter any land or vehicle and take with him such persons, animals, vehicles, appliances, instruments, tools, drugs and other things as he may consider necessary for the performance of his duties and there—
(a) do anything which he is authorized or required to do in terms of this
Act; and
(b) supervise and inspect the doing of anything which any other person is
required to do in terms of this Act; and
(c) search for and require the owner, occupier or any other person for the
time being in charge to produce to him on reasonable notice any animal or infectious or other thing which may be there and to which a provision of this Act applies; and
(d) check, count, inspect and establish the identity of any animals or
infectious or other things; and
(e) ascertain whether any animal or infectious or other thing is infected,
contaminated or infested with a disease or pest; and
( f ) order the owner, occupier or any other person for the time being in
charge to cleanse, disinfect and treat in the manner ordered by the authorized person and isolate for such period as the authorized person may require any animal which the authorized person knows or suspects on reasonable grounds to be infected with a
disease or any animal or infectious or other thing which the authorized person knows or suspects on reasonable grounds to be infested with a pest and any animal or thing with which it has been in contact or himself cause such animal or infectious or other
thing to be cleansed, disinfected, treated and isolated; and
(g) ascertain whether anything required to be done in terms of this Act
has been or is being done; and
(h) seize and detain, pending orders given by the Director, an animal or
infectious or other thing in respect of which he knows or suspects on reasonable grounds that a provision of this Act has been contravened; and
(i) occupy so much of the land as he may consider necessary for the
performance of his duties and do thereon any or all of the following things—
(i) establish a camp; and
(ii) construct roads; and
(iii) remove vegetation; and
(iv) erect, alter or remove any fence, gate or grid; and
(v) make use of grazing, fuel and water.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (e) of subsection (1), an authorized person may—
(a) call upon a person concerned in or having a part in the care, control or
management of an animal or infectious or other thing to furnish him with such information relating to the animal or infectious or other thing as is within his knowledge and is, in the opinion of the authorized person, necessary for a correct diagnosis or for deciding on the measures which should be taken to control and prevent the spread of a disease or pest; and
(b) examine or test an animal or infectious or other thing in such manner
as he may consider necessary; and
(c) make an examination of a dead animal and, with the approval of the
Director, slaughter any other animal, the post-mortem examination of which would,
in his opinion, assist in reaching a correct diagnosis; and
(d) remove the whole or any part of a dead or slaughtered animal for
further examination; and
(e) generally, make or cause to be made such investigation as he may
consider necessary in the circumstances.
(3) An authorized person may require the reasonable assistance of—
(a) an owner of an animal, vehicle or thing in the doing of anything which
the authorized person is authorized or required to do in terms of this Act in relation tothe animal, vehicle or thing; and
(b) an occupier of land in the doing of anything which the authorized
person is authorized or required to do in terms of this Act in relation to a matter within the control of the occupier by virtue of his occupation of the land; and
(c) an owner of land in the doing of anything which the authorized person
is authorized or required to do in terms of this Act in relation to a matter within the control of the owner by virtue of his ownership of the land.
(4) An authorized person may—
(a) place in quarantine—
(i) any land where there are—
A. animals which are or have been or which the authorized person suspects to
be or to have been infected with a disease; or
B. animals or infectious or other things which are or have been or which the
authorized person suspects to be or to have been infested with a pest; and
(ii) any land where there have been animals or infectious or other things
referred to in subparagraph (i)—
A. which is contaminated or which the authorized person suspects to be
contaminated with a disease; or
B. which is infested or which the authorized person suspects to be infested
with a pest; and
(iii) any land around or adjacent to land referred to in subparagraph (i) or
(ii); and
(b) by order prohibit, restrict or control for a period not exceeding twentyeight days the movement of persons, animals, vehicles or infectious or other things
into, within or from land referred to in paragraph (a).
(5) Information furnished by a person in terms of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) shall not be available as evidence in any prosecution against the person furnishing the
information unless the offence with which he is charged is a contravention of paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section twenty-eight.

Section 23 Limitations of actions in respect of things done in good faith and without negligence Save as is otherwise provided in this Act, no action shall lie against the State, the Minister, the Director or an authorized person for anything done in good faith and without negligence in terms of this Act.