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Antarctic Treaties Act, 1996 (Act No. 60 of 1996)

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Antarctic Treaties Regulations, 2021

Chapter 6 - Permits

27. Assessment of applications

 

(1) The Minister may, after receiving an application submitted in terms of these regulations—
(a) request the applicant to provide specific information by a specified date;
(b) request the applicant to carry out further investigations and to provide that information within a specified time; or
(c) request the applicant to consult with specific organisations, authorities, persons or interested parties and submit the reports of the required consultations within a specified time.

 

(2) In assessing an application for a permit or renewal of a permit the Minister may, in addition to those factors detailed in these regulations, also have regard to the following—
(a) whether or not the applicant has been convicted of contravening the Act, the National Environmental Management Act or any other specific environmental management Act; or
(b) whether the applicant, or any director of the applicant, either personally or while a director of another entity, has contravened conditions of prior or existing permits or authorisations granted to the applicant, or a director of the applicant, or an entity to whom a director of the applicant was at the time a director, in terms of the Act, the National Environmental Management Act or any other specific environmental management Act, including these regulations.

 

(3) A failure to comply with any request made in terms of sub-regulation (1) renders the application incomplete and it may not be considered.