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

Chapter 8 : General Matters

Part 3 : Exemptions and appeals

75. Consideration of applications for exemption
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(1)The Minister, Minister responsible for mineral resources or MEC, as the case may be, may request an applicant contemplated in section 74 to furnish additional information where such information is necessary for the purposes of informing the Minister, Minister responsible for mineral resources or MEC's decision.

 

(2)If the rights or interests of other parties are likely to be adversely affected by the proposed exemption, the Minister, Minister responsible for mineral resources or MEC, as the case may be, must, before deciding the application, request the applicant to—
(a)bring the application to the attention of relevant organs of state, interested persons and the public by conducting a public participation process indicated by the Minister, Minister responsible for mineral resources or MEC; and
(b)to submit any comments received from the public following such process to the Minister, Minister responsible for mineral resources or MEC.

 

[Section 75(1) and (2) substituted by section 80 of the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Act 2022, GG46602, dated 24 June 2022: Commencement by Proclamation 125, GG48869, dated 30 June 2023