Resources
Guides, forms and regulations, in the order you will need them. Official documents link to their source; the alliance's guides are in plain language. This is information, not legal advice.
1
Understand
Know your pathway and what to expect.
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Prepare
Get your dossier ready.
- Registration tariffs, 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027The fees for registration and renewal, from Government Gazette 54123.Official document · at the regulator · South Africa · English · 2026 to 2027 · 28 October 2026 ↗
- Agriculture Inputs Control (AIC) online systemThe department's online system. Not yet confirmed whether it takes fertilizer applications; ask the Registrar's office.Form · at the regulator · South Africa · English · As of 24 October 2026 · 24 October 2026 ↗
- Residues for biological remedies: do you need residue trials?What the Registrar's July 2026 residues guideline expects, by type of remedy, and how to write the rationale that goes in every dossier.Guide · African Biologicals Alliance · South Africa · English · Draft of 26 October 2026 · 26 October 2026
- Changing a remedy label to the GHS standardThe documents the Registrar asks for when a label is amended or a new product is registered with GHS hazard information.Guide · African Biologicals Alliance · South Africa · English · Draft of 26 October 2026 · 26 October 2026
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Know the rules
The law and the published guidelines.
- Act 36 of 1947: the Act as publishedThe Act under which fertilizers and agricultural remedies are registered. A copy held by SAHPRA; the Registrar's own site is the place to check for amendments.Official document · at the regulator · South Africa · English · As of 28 October 2026 · 28 October 2026 ↗
- The Registrar's guidelinesAll the Registrar's current guidelines in one place: registration process, data requirements, Group 3 fertilizers, residues, macrobial remedies, fast-tracking and renewals.Official document · at the regulator · South Africa · English · As of 24 October 2026 · 24 October 2026 ↗
- Regulations relating to agricultural remedies (25 August 2023)The current regulations for agricultural remedies.Official document · at the regulator · South Africa · English · Gazette 49189 · 28 October 2026 ↗
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Learn and track
Keep a registration current and learn how others are faring.
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