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

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National Norms and Standards for the Sorting, Shredding, Grinding, Crushing, Screening, Chipping or Baling of General Waste, 2017

Chapter 3 : Management of Facilities that Sort, Shred, Grind, Crush, Screen, Chip or Bale General Waste

11. Auditing

 

(1) Internal audits must be conducted bi-annually by the waste facility owner and on each occasion a report must be compiled for record purposes.

 

(2) The waste facility owner must appoint a suitably qualified independent auditor to undertake external audits biennially.

 

(3) A competent authority may prescribe auditing formats and methodologies to be applied by the external auditor.

 

(4) The external audit report must—
(a) Detail the extent of compliance with the conditions of these standards for the reporting period;
(b) Specify non-compliances identified and rectified prior to the audit;
(c) Contain recommendations regarding non-compliance or potential non-compliance ; and
(d) Specify target dates for the implementation of the recommendations and whether corrective action taken for the previous audit non-compliances was adequate.