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

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Regulations to Phase-Out the use of Persistent Organic Pollutants, 2019

Chapter 2 : General Prohibitions, Phase-Out Time Frames, Notification and Phase-Out Plans

5. Notification

 

(1) A user, producer, distributor, seller, importer and exporter of a listed substance must notify the Director-General of the Department withing 30 days after the promulgation of these Regulations.

 

(2) A person contemplated in subregulation (1) must notify the Director-General of the Department notification form obtainable from the Department.

 

(3) The Director-General of the Department must, in writing, acknowledge receipt of the notification form, and issue the notification number to the person contemplated in sub-regulation (1), within 30 days after receipt of the notification form completed to the satisfaction of the Department.

 

(4) The Director-General of the Department may, after receipt of the notification form contemplated in sub-regulation (2), request additional information to supplement an incomplete notification to be furnished in writing or amendments to be effected on the notification form and the amended notification form to be resubmitted within a specified time frame.

 

(5) The Director-General of the Department must be notified of any changes in the details provided as part of the notification, within 30 days of such change taking place.