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Environment Conservation Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 50 of 2003).

Country/Territory
South Africa
Document type
Legislation
Date
2003
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act amend the Environment Conservation Act, 1989, so as to enable the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism to make regulations regarding financial matters relating to identified waste types and regarding product control for waste management; to provide for the transfer of the administration of waste disposal sites from the Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry to the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Waste disposal Authorization/permit Environmental fees/charges Registration Waste management
Geographical area
Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa
Abstract

No person may establish, provide or operate a disposal site without a permit issued by the Minister under section 20. The Minister must maintain a register in which details of every disposal site for which a permit has been issued shall be recorded. The Minister may make regulations with regard to the prohibition, control, sale, distribution, import or export of products that may have a substantial detrimental effect on the environment or on human health (sect. 24B). Procedures for making these Regulations are set out in section 24C. The Minister may also regulate imposition of compulsory charging, deposits or related financial measures on waste types or specified items in waste types with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance.

Full text
English
Website
www.polity.org.za

References - Legislation

Amends

Environment Conservation Act. No. 73 OF 1989.

Legislation | South Africa | 1989 (2009)

Keyword: Framework law, Protected area, Institution, Authorization/permit, Ecosystem preservation, Pollution control, EIA, Noise pollution, Marine protected areas, Marine area, Waste management, Freshwater pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX