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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT (10/2004): DELEGATION OF POWERS AND DUTIES UNDER SECTION 87A (1) (A) OF THE ACT

Posted 15 September 2014

The Minister of Environmental Affairs has, in terms of section 42(2)(e) of the NEMA, withdrawn GNR 620 published in Government Gazette 31107 dated 6 June 2008, and in terms of section 42(1) of the NEMA, delegated the powers and duties under section 87A(1)(a) read with section 6(1) of the NEM:BA, excluding the powers or duties contemplated in section 42(2C) of the NEMA, to the Director-General or any functionary acting in that position. The power includes the power to sub delegate.

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT (57/2003): PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF SPECIAL NATURE RESERVES, NATIONAL PARKS AND WORLD HERITAGE SITES AMENDMENT REGULATIONS, 2014

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT (10/2004): DELEGATION OF POWERS AND DUTIES UNDER SECTION 87A (1) (B) OF THE ACT