No person may engage in any activity in a State forest for which a licence is required without such a licence, unless he or she -
(a) is exempted under section 24(6);
(b) is acting in the scope of his or her employment or mandate as an officer, employee or agent of the
Department;
(c) has a right to engage in the activity in terms of the Interim Protection of Informal Land Rights Act, 1996(Act No. 31 of 1996).
(d) performs the activity in terms of a contract contemplated in paragraph (b) of section 24(4).
