Reclamation of Land from Coastal Water Regulations, Government Notice no. 206 of 2018.

These Regulations, made in terms of section 83 (1) (g), read with sections 7B and 7C of the National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 (Act No. 24 of 2008), concerns reclamation of land from coastal waters. The Regulations cover the following matters: application for Minister’s pre-approval in case of undertaking land reclamation; payment of fees; necessary information contained in the application, including: proposal of land development, use of land in the short and long period, eventual extension of the land and transfer of ownership; mapping and zoning of land; buildings and infrastructures to be built on the land; employment opportunities realistically be created by the proposed reclamation and the following development of the land; the identity of the sources of the funding, whether public or private, for the proposed reclamation of the land; Ministerial powers in deciding on reclamation proposals; offences and penalties.