Magistrates' Courts "Lower Courts" Act, 1944
R 385
Climate Change Act, 2024 (Act No. 22 of 2024)Chapter 6 : General Matters and Transitional Arrangements30. Regulations |
| (1) | The Minister may make regulations— |
| (a) | in relation to any matter necessary to give effect to the Republic’s international climate change commitments and obligations; |
| (b) | in relation to the management of climate change response including incentives and disincentives to encourage a change in behaviour towards the generation of greenhouse gases amongst all sectors of society; |
| (c) | that will promote effective monitoring, evaluation and the assessment of national progress in relation to climate change mitigation and adaptation matters, including— |
| (i) | in relation to the progress made by national departments, provinces and municipalities with the development and implementation of Sector Adaptation Strategy and Plans, climate change needs and response assessments and climate change response implementation plans; |
| (ii) | in relation to the performance of the departments responsible for the functions contemplated in Schedule 2, as well as provinces and municipalities, in respect of the national adaptation objectives; and |
| (iii) | in relation to the consequences for the failure of the departments responsible for functions listed in Schedule 2 as well as provinces and municipalities, to report in the prescribed manner; |
| (d) | that will promote the effective monitoring, evaluation and assessment of national progress in relation to climate change matters and climate change data and information, including information necessary to determine climate change vulnerability and to foster resilience; and |
| (e) | in relation to the administration and operation of the Presidential Climate Commission or any committee established in terms of this Act, to ensure the achievement of its purpose, functions and responsibilities. |
| (2) | The Minister must make regulations— |
| (a) | in relation to the management of climate change response, including— |
| (i) | the determination, review, revision, compliance with and enforcement of an allocated carbon budget, amendment and cancellation of a carbon budget allocation, the content, implementation and operation of a greenhouse gas mitigation plan, and all matters related thereto; and |
| (ii) | the phasing down or phasing out of synthetic greenhouse gases, including the development of timeframes, inventories and mechanisms for reporting; |
| (b) | that will promote the effective monitoring, evaluation and assessment of national progress in relation to climate change matters and climate change data and information, including information relating to direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions, for the purposes of planning, analysis and monitoring and the compilation of the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory, and that will inform how the Republic may comply with any international obligations; and |
| (c) | in relation to any other matter which the Minister must prescribe in terms of this Act. |
| (3) | A regulation made in terms of this Act may provide that any person who contravenes or fails to comply with a provision thereof commits an offence and will be liable, upon conviction, to the penalties contemplated in section 49B(2) of the National Environmental Management Act. |
| (4) | Any regulations made in terms of section 18 must, 30 days prior to the publication of the regulations in the Gazette, be tabled in Parliament. |
