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National Environmental Management
Laws Amendment Act, No. 14 of 2013*
NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Northern Sotho except iro title/text/engrossments in the following sections: s37 (Zulu/Zulu/Zulu), s39 (Afrikaans/Afrikaans/English)**, and s40 (Xhosa/Xhosa/Xhosa)**
[NOTE: Referred to by publishing Gazette GG20130724_36703's header as the "National Environmental Management Laws Act, 2013"]
NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Northern Sotho except iro title/text/engrossments in the following sections: s37 (Zulu/Zulu/Zulu), s39 (Afrikaans/Afrikaans/English)**, and s40 (Xhosa/Xhosa/Xhosa)**
[NOTE: Referred to by publishing Gazette GG20130724_36703's header as the "National Environmental Management Laws Act, 2013"]
Long title
To amend the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004, so as to amend certain definitions and to define certain words and expressions; to revise the objectives of the Act to emphasize the need to protect the ecosystem as a whole, including species which are not targeted for exploitation; to revise the purpose of Chapter 4 to provide for the regulation of threatened and indigenous species to ensure that the utilisation of these species are done in an ecologically sustainable manner; to effect certain textual amendments to the provisions on protection of species; to address some of the regulatory gaps within the permitting system; to facilitate the implementation of self-administration; to extend the functions of the scientific authority to include assisting with species to which an international agreement regulating international trade applies; to revise the purpose and application of Chapter 6; to insert a provision to allow for the domestic or subsistence use of indigenous biological resources; to repeal the appeal provisions; to provide for circumstances under which a permit application or permit may be deferred, refused, cancelled or suspended; to extend the powers of the Minister to make regulations; to add offences and penalties; and to provide for the Minister to declare amnesty in certain circumstances; National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004, so as to align the penalties with other specific environmental management Acts; National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008, so as to provide for textual amendment to the definition of waste; National Environment Management Laws Amendment Act, 2008, so as to correct an incorrect citation; and National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Amendment Act, 2009, so as to correct an incorrect citation, and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| 1. | Amendment of section 1 of Act 10 of 2004... |
| 2. | Amendment
of section 2 of Act 10 of 2004 |
| 3. | Amendment
of section 51 of Act 10 of 2004 |
| 4. | Amendment of section 56 of Act 10 of 2004 |
| 5. | Amendment
of section 57 of Act 10 of 2004... |
| 6. | Substitution
of section 58 of Act 10 of 2004... |
| 7. | Amendment
of section 59 of Act 10 of 2004 |
| 8. | Amendment
of section 60 of Act 10 of 2004 |
| 9. | Substitution to section 61 of Act 10 of 2004 |
| 10. | Substitution
of section 62 of Act 10 of 2004 |
| 11. | Insertion
of section 62A in Act 10 of 2004 |
| 12. | Amendment
of section 63 of Act 10 of 2004 |
| 13. | Amendment
of section 66 of Act 10 of 2004 |
| 14. | Amendment of section 70 of Act 10 of 2004 |
| 15. | Amendment
of section 71 of Act 10 of 2004 |
| 16. | Insertion
of section 71A in Act 10 of 2004 |
| 17. | Substitution
of section 72 of Act 10 of 2004 |
| 18. | Amendment
of section 79 of Act 10 of 2004 |
| 19. | Amendment of section 80 of Act 10 of 2004 |
| 20. | Amendment
of section 86 of Act 10 of 2004... |
| 21. | Amendment
of section 87 of the Act 10 of 2004 |
| 22. | Insertion
of section 87A in Act 10 of 2004 |
| 23. | Amendment
of section 88 of the Act 10 of 2004 |
| 24. | Insertion of section 92A in Act 10 of 2004 |
| 25. | Amendment
of section 93 of Act 10 of 2004 |
| 26. | Insertion
of section 93B in Act 10 of 2004 |
| 27. | Repeal
of section 94 of Act 10 of 2004 |
| 28. | Repeal
of section 95 of Act 10 of 2004 |
| 29. | Repeal of section 96 of Act 10 of 2004 |
| 30. | Amendment
of section 97 of Act 10 of 2004... |
| 31. | Amendment
of section 98 of Act 10 of 2004 |
| 32. | Amendment
of section 101 of Act 10 of 2004 |
| 33. | Amendment
of section 102 of Act 10 of 2004... |
| 34. | Insertion of sections 105A and 105B in Act 10 of 2004 |
| 35. | Substitution
of certain words in Act 10 of 2004 |
| 36. | Amendment
of Table of Contents of Act 10 of 2004 |
| 37. | Amendment
of section 55 of Act 39 of 2004 |
| 38. | Amendment
of section 1 of Act 59 of 2008 |
| 39. | Substitution
of section 51 of Act 14 of 2009 |
| 40. | Substitution
of section 7 of Act 15 of 2009 |
| 41. | Short title and commencement |
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