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Environment Conservation Act, 1989 (Act No. 73 of 1989)

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Regulations for the Prohibition of the Use, Manufacturing, Import and Export of Asbestos and Asbestos Containing Materials, 2007

4. Registration and Reporting

 

1) A person who undertakes or intends to undertake an activity as contemplated in regulation 2(4) or 2(5) must within 120 days of the commencement of these regulations register the activity with the Minister on the form contained in Annexure A to these regulations.

 

2) After registration in terms of sub-regulation (1) the Minister will issue the applicant with a registration number.

 

3) The registered person must be display the registration number on all trading documentation.

 

4) If any of the information provided to the Minister in terms of this regulation changes, the Minister must be notified within 14 days after the date that the information provided changed.

 

5) A person referred to in sub-regulation (1) of regulation 4 above must, before 31 March of each and every year, submit an annual report from an external auditor commissioned at own expense to audit at least the following:
a) The correctness of the information supplied on the registration form;
b) In the case of identified products, progress made in terms of the Asbestos Phase-out Plan provided in terms of these regulations;
c) The person's compliance with the relevant legislation;
d) In the case of the transport of asbestos, the amount of asbestos transported through the country; and
e) In the case of a research project, how much asbestos or asbestos containing materials were used in the research project and the outcome of the research.