Law & Regulation
Listing Notice 1, 2014
Identifies the activities that trigger a Basic Assessment environmental authorisation process under NEMA, and identifies the competent authority for each listed activity — the general national basic-assessment trigger list (as distinct from Listing Notice 3's geographically-confined triggers). Usually the first practical filter for whether a proposed development requires environmental authorisation before construction, setting the statutory 107-day clock for the Basic Assessment process.
Legal Significance
What This Instrument Does
Identifies activities that trigger a Basic Assessment environmental authorisation process, keyed to sections 24(2) and 24D of NEMA — an activity appearing on the list may not commence without environmental authorisation obtained through the Basic Assessment procedure set out in the EIA Regulations. Instrument boundary: not an independent environmental statute — has no legal effect apart from NEMA and the EIA Regulations, does not itself prescribe the assessment methodology, and must not be treated as displacing Listing Notice 2 or 3 for an activity falling within their respective scope.
Key Provisions
- Activity-trigger list under NEMA ss 24(2), 24(5), 24D, 44 and 47A(1)(b)
Lists the activities that require the Basic Assessment process before commencement, and identifies the competent authority for each. Practical consequence: project schedules and financing conditions precedent must accommodate the statutory 107-day Basic Assessment timeframe from acceptance of application.
Legal Framework Position
- Environmental / PermittingImplementing Instrument
Primary / Parent Instrument
Related / Implementing Instruments
Instrument Overview
- Official Citation
- Government Notice R983 of 2014; Government Gazette 38282, 4 December 2014
- Instrument Type
- Regulation
- Source Language
- English
- Effective Date
- 4 December 2014
- Last Verified
- 6 September 2026