Older Persons Act, 2006
R 385
National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)Chapter 5 : Integrated Environmental Management24L. Alignment of environmental authorisations |
| (1) | A competent authority empowered under Chapter 5 to issue an environmental authorisation and any other authority empowered under a specific environmental management Act may agree to issue an integrated environmental authorisation. |
[Section 24L(1) substituted by section 4(a) of Act No. 25 of 2014]
| (2) | An integrated environmental authorisation contemplated in subsection (1) may be issued only if— |
| (a) | the relevant provisions of this Act and the other law or specific environmental management Act have been complied with; and |
| (b) | the environmental authorisation specifies the- |
| (c) | provisions in terms of which it has been issued; and |
| (d) | relevant authority or authorities that have issued it. |
[Section 24L(2) amended by section 4(b) of Act No. 25 of 2014]
| (3) | A competent authority empowered under Chapter 5 to issue an environmental authorisation in respect of a listed activity or specified activity may regard such authorisation as a sufficient basis for the granting or refusing of an authorisation, a permit or a licence under a specific environmental management Act if that specific environmental management Act is also administered by that competent authority. |
| (4) | A competent authority empowered under Chapter 5 to issue an environmental authorisation may regard an authorisation in terms of any other legislation that meets all the requirements stipulated in section 24(4)(a) and, where applicable, section 24(4)(b) to be an environmental authorisation in terms of that Chapter. |
