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National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)

Chapter 10 : General and Transitional Provisions

50. Repeal of Laws

 

(1) Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 14A, 14B, 14C, 15, 27A and 38 of the Environment Conservation Act, 1989 (Act No. 73 of 1989), are hereby repealed.

 

(2) Section 21, 22 and 26 of the Environment Conservation Act, 1989 (Act No 73 of 1989) and the notices and regulations issued pursuant to sections 21 and 22 and in force on the commencement date of this Act are repealed with effect from a date to be published by the Minister in the Gazette, which date may not be earlier than the date on which regulations or notices made or issued under section 24 of this Act are promulgated and the Minister is satisfied that the regulations and notices under sections 21 and 22 have become redundant.

 

(3) Any application made in terms of section 21, 22 or 26 of the Environment Conservation Act, 1989 (Act No. 73 of 1989), that has been submitted but not finalised when those sections are repealed, must be finalised as if those sections had not been repealed.

 

(4) In order to ensure that the transition between the legal requirements of sections 21, 22 and 26 of the Environment Conservation Act, 1989 (Act No. 73 of1989), and the requirements of this Act is efficient, the Minister may by notice in the Gazette list activities included in Government Notice R1182 of 5 September 1997 that will remain valid until such time as an MEC promulgates a list of activities for that province.