Explore laws & regulations

Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014

South Africa · Regulation

Amended

Prescribes the procedural pathways for seeking environmental authorisation under NEMA: appointment/independence of the environmental assessment practitioner, pu…

Listing Notice 1, 2014

South Africa · Regulation

Amended

Identifies the activities that trigger a Basic Assessment environmental authorisation process under NEMA, and identifies the competent authority for each listed…

Listing Notice 2, 2014

South Africa · Regulation

Amended

Identifies the activities that trigger the fuller Scoping and Environmental Impact Assessment (S&EIR) process under NEMA, targeting larger, more complex or high…

Listing Notice 3, 2014

South Africa · Regulation

Amended

Identifies activities that trigger a Basic Assessment environmental authorisation, but only where the activity is located within specifically identified geograp…

National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998

South Africa · Law / Act

Amended

The overarching statutory framework for cooperative environmental governance: environmental-management principles, the environmental-authorisation framework for…

National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act 39 of 2004

South Africa · Law / Act

Amended

South Africa's specialist statute regulating atmospheric emissions: national ambient air-quality standards, a list of activities resulting in significant atmosp…

National Environmental Management: Waste Act 59 of 2008

South Africa · Law / Act

Amended

South Africa's specialist statute regulating waste management, separately from — though institutionally aligned with — the general NEMA/EIA authorisation framew…

National Water Act 36 of 1998

South Africa · Law / Act

Amended

Treats national government as public trustee of the nation's water resources and regulates protection, use, development, conservation, management and control of…