National Environment Laws Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 44 of 2008).
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Type of law
Legislation
Abstract
This Act: provides with respect to the application sphere of the Atmospheric Pollution Prevention Act, 1965 until revocation; amends the Environment Conservation Act, 1989 in provisions defining penalties for offences; amends the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 by, among other things, inserting a new provision on designation of environmental management inspectors by Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry; and amends the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004 in Schedule 1.
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Long title of text
An Act to provide for the Atmospheric Pollution Prevention Act, 1965, to be regarded as a specific environmental management Act until section 60 of the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004, takes effect; to amend the Environment Conservation Act, 1989, so as to rectify certain incorrect references in the Act; to amend the National Environmental Management Act, 1998, so as to clarify an uncertainty in the Act concerning certain definitions; to authorise the Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry to designate persons as environmental management inspectors; to provide for environmental management inspectors to be regarded as peace officers as contemplated in the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977; and to provide for a penalty for the offence of failing to comply with a compliance notice in terms of section 31N of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998; and to amend the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004, so as to substitute Schedule 1 to that Act; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Date of text
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Government Gazette No. 31685 of 5 December 2008, pp. 1-5.
Source language
English
Legislation status
in force
Legislation Amendment
No