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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT (107/1998): SECTION 24H REGISTRATION AUTHORITY REGULATIONS

Posted 16 August 2016

The Minister of Environmental Affairs has, in terms of sections 24(5)(e), 24H and 44 of the NEMA, published the regulations pertaining to the appointment of a registration authority responsible for the registration of environmental assessment practitioners. The regulations also pertain to the specification of tasks in relation to an application for environmental authorisation that may only be performed by a registered environmental assessment practitioner.