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

Part VIII : General Provisions

35. Appeal to Minister or competent authority

 

1) Any person who feels aggrieved at a decision referred to in section 20 in respect of which a power has been delegated to an officer or employee under section 33 may appeal against such decision to the Minister of Water Affairs in the prescribed manner, within the prescribed period and upon payment of the prescribed fee.

 

2) Any person who feels aggrieved at a decision of an officer or employee enforcing a provision of this Act in respect of a protected natural environment may appeal against such decision to the competent authority concerned, in the prescribed manner, within the prescribed period and upon payment of the prescribed fee.

 

3) Subject to the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) any person who feels aggrieved at a decision of an officer or employee exercising any power delegated to him in terms of this Act or conferred upon him by regulation, may appeal against such decision to the Minister or the competent authority concerned, as the case may be, in the prescribed manner, within the prescribed period and upon payment of the prescribed fee.

 

4) The Minister, the Minister of Water Affairs or a competent authority, as the case may be, may, after considering such an appeal, confirm, set aside or vary the decision of the officer or employee or make such order as he may deem fit, including an order that the prescribed fee paid by the applicant or such part thereof as the Minister or competent authority concerned may determine be refunded to that person.

 

 


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