National Environmental Laws Amendment Act, 2009 (No. 14 of 2009).

An Act to amend the: Atmospheric Pollution Prevention Act so as to adjust the penalties provided for in the said Act; Environment Conservation Act, so as to adjust the penalties provided for in the said Act and to remove the need to publish directions in the Gazette; National Environmental Management Act, so as to delete certain definitions, to provide for the establishment of fora or advisory committees, to make provision for increased powers of the courts, to remove the requirement that Environmental Management Inspectors must carry notices of designation with them, to extend the scope of routine inspections to the search of vehicles and to regulate the jurisdiction of magistrate's courts in instances where the maximum fines have been increased; National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, so as to provide for increased measures of control over escaped animals and to adjust the penalties provided for in the said Act; National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, so as to provide for general surveillance monitoring, to provide further considerations for a biodiversity management plan, to provide that an environment impact assessment must be obtained when genetically modified organisms are involved, to introduce notification requirements in the discovery phase of a bioprospecting project, to take into consideration knowledge of specific individuals when issuing specific bioprospecting permits, to allow the Director-General or a trustee to manage the Bioprospecting Fund; to allow for the renewal or amendment of a permit, to amend the regulations to allow for hunting and to effect certain textual alterations; National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, so as to provide for a processing fee to review a licence; and to include directors or senior managers in a juristic person for the criteria for a fit and proper person and to provide for matters connected therewith.