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

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Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014

Chapter 8 : Transitional Arrangements and Commencement

49. Definitions

 

In this Chapter—

 

"ECA"

means the Environment Conservation Act, 1989 (Act No. 73 of 1989);

 

"NEMA"

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

 

"ECA notices"

as contemplated in these transitional arrangements, means the notices in terms of ECA (Government Notice R. 1182, as amended by Government Notice R. 1355 of 17 October 1997, Government Notice R. 448 of 27 March 1998 and Government Notice R. 670 of 10 May 2002);

 

"ECA regulations"

as contemplated in these transitional arrangements, means the regulations published in terms of sections 26 and 28 of the ECA, by Government Notice R. 1183 of 5 September 1997;

 

"previous MPRDA regulations"

as contemplated in these transitional arrangements, means the regulations published in terms of section 107 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002, by Government Notice R527 in Government Gazette 26275 of 23 April 2004 and as amended from time to time;

 

"previous NEMA notices"

as contemplated in these transitional arrangements means the previous notices published in terms of section 24(2) of NEMA (Government Notices R. 386 and R. 387 in the Government Gazette of 21 April 2006, and as amended from time to time, or Government Notice No. R. 544, 545 and 546 in the Government Gazette of 18 June 2010, as amended from time to time); and

 

"previous NEMA regulations"

as contemplated in these transitional arrangements means the previous Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations published in terms of NEMA (Government Notice No. R. 385 in the Government Gazette of 21 April 2006 or Government Notice No. R. 543 in the Government Gazette of 18 June 2010);