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

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Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations, 2020

11. Requirements and criteria for producer responsibility organisations to operate

 

(1) The department may only register a producer responsibility organisation if such organisation meets the minimum requirements contemplated in subregulation (2).

 

(2) A producer responsibility organisation—
(a) must be an autonomous body established by producers by following a due process;
(b) must be a registered not-for-profit company;
(c) must be managed by a board of directors comprised of representatives from producers; and
(d) adhere to the Companies Act 2008 (Act No. 71 of 2008) in terms of good corporate governance and management of conflicts of interest.

[Regulation 11(2) substituted by section 11 of Notice No. 400, GG44539, dated 5 May 2021]