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NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
National Environmental Management
Amendment Act, No. 62 of 2008
NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Afrikaans
Long title
To amend the National Environmental Management Act, 1998, so as to insert certain definitions and to substitute others; to further regulate environmental authorisations; to empower the Minister of Minerals and Energy to implement environmental matters in terms of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998, in so far as it relates to prospecting, mining, exploration, production or related activities on a prospecting, mining, exploration or production area; to align environmental requirements in the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002, with the National Environmental Management Act, 1998, by providing for the use of one environmental system and by providing for environmental management programmes, consultation with State departments, exemptions from certain provisions of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998, financial provision for the remediation of environmental damage, the management of residue stockpiles and residue deposits, the recovering of cost in the event of urgent remedial measures and the issuing of closing certificates as it relates to the conditions of the environmental authorisation; and to effect certain textual alterations; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Afrikaans
Long title
To amend the National Environmental Management Act, 1998, so as to insert certain definitions and to substitute others; to further regulate environmental authorisations; to empower the Minister of Minerals and Energy to implement environmental matters in terms of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998, in so far as it relates to prospecting, mining, exploration, production or related activities on a prospecting, mining, exploration or production area; to align environmental requirements in the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002, with the National Environmental Management Act, 1998, by providing for the use of one environmental system and by providing for environmental management programmes, consultation with State departments, exemptions from certain provisions of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998, financial provision for the remediation of environmental damage, the management of residue stockpiles and residue deposits, the recovering of cost in the event of urgent remedial measures and the issuing of closing certificates as it relates to the conditions of the environmental authorisation; and to effect certain textual alterations; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| 1. | Amendment of section 1 of Act 107 of 1998... |
| 2. | Substitution
of section 24 of Act 107 of 1998... |
| 3. | Substitution
of section 24C of Act 107 of 1998... |
| 4. | Substitution
of section 24D of Act 107 of 1998... |
| 5. | Amendment
of section 24F of Act 107 of 1998... |
| 6. | Substitution
of section 24G of Act 107 of 1998... |
| 7. | Amendment
of section 24H of Act 107 of 1998... |
| 8. | Insertion
of sections 24J to 24M in Act 107 of 1998 [sic - mis-entitled
because section inserts
24J to 24R] |
| 9. | Insertion
of section 42B in Act 107 of 1998 |
| 10. | Substitution
of section 43 of Act 107 of 1998... |
| 11. | Amendment
of section 47 of Act 107 of 1998... |
| 12. | Transitional
provisions |
| 13. | [...repealed by Act
2014_025_027 - was entitled "Amendment
of principal Act in order to transfer to Minister of Environmental
Affairs and Tourism power in respect of environmental matters in so far
as it relates to mining"] |
| 14. | Short
title and commencement |
| Sch. | SCHEDULE. (SECTION 13) [s13] [...repealed by Act 2014_025_029] |
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