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National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008)

Chapter 8 : General Matters

Part 1 : Regulations

71. General regulatory powers

 

(1) Regulations made under this Act may—
(a) restrict or prohibit any act, either absolutely or conditionally;
(b) apply—
(i) generally to the Republic or a province, or only in a specified areas or category of areas; or
(ii) generally to all persons or only to a specified category of persons;
(c) differentiate between different—
(i) areas or category of areas;
(ii) persons or categories of persons; or
(iii) types, classes or categories of waste;
(d) incorporate by reference any guideline, minimum requirements, code of practice or any national or international standard relating to waste management.

 

(2) Regulations made in terms of sections 69 and 70 may provide that any person who contravenes or fails to comply with a provision thereof, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to—
(a) imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years;
(b) a fine not exceeding five million rand, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding R10 million or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years or in both instances to both a fine and such imprisonment; or
(c) both a fine and imprisonment.

[Section 71(2) substituted by section 78(a) of the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Act 2022, GG46602, dated 24 June 2022: Commencement by Proclamation 125, GG48869, dated 30 June 2023

 

(2A) Regulations made in terms of sections 69 and 70 may differentiate between the penalties for the contravention of the different provisions thereof, but the maximum penalty may not exceed a penalty

[Section 71(2A) inserted by section 78(b) of the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Act 2022, GG46602, dated 24 June 2022: Commencement by Proclamation 125, GG48869, dated 30 June 2023

 

(3)
(a) Before publishing any regulation under this Act, or any amendment to the regulations, the Minister or MEC, as the case may be, must follow a consultative process in accordance with sections 72 and 73.
(b) Paragraph (a) need not be complied with if the regulations are amended in a non-substantive manner.