Application of Noise Control Regulations made under Section 25 of the Environment Conservation Act, 1989 (Act No. 73 of 1989), by Government Notice No. R. 154 of 10 January 1992 by Local Authorities within their areas of Jurisdiction

A local authority who intends implementing the regulations made by Government Notice No. R. 154 of 10 January 1992 in its area of jurisdiction must submit an application to this effect to the-

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in writing, supplying the following particulars:

A local authority who is in a position to apply the regulations in its entirety, should have the services of at least a noise control officer at its disposal, whose minimum qualifications are of a standard equal to a senior certificate plus four years tertiary education in engineering or physical sciences, as evaluated by the Human Sciences Research Council and who has thus been appointed by a local authority in its service.

A local authority who has an inspector in its employ, on whom a National Certificate in Noise Control has been conferred by a technicon, defined in section 1 of the Technicons Act, 1967 (Act No. 40 of 1967), under section 16(1) of the said Act, may apply the regulations with the exception of regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e).

L. A. Pienaar,

Minister of Environment Affairs.