Regulations relating to qualification criteria, training and identification of, and forms to be used by, environmental management inspectors and Environmental Mineral Resource Inspectors (No. R. 480 of 2017).

These Regulations, made under section 44(1)(a) read with section 31E of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998, specify qualification criteria for, provide for training and identification of and forms to be used by Environmental Management Inspectors and Environmental Mineral Resource Inspectors, i.e. persons designated as such by Designating Authorities under section 31 (b) and (c) of the National Environmental Management Act 1998. Persons may be designated as inspectors only if they have completed any relevant training course approved by the Director-General of the competent department of the designated authority. These include the Minister of Environmental Affairs and the Minister responsible for water and sanitation.