“applicant”

means a person that lodged an application for registration as an environmental assessment practitioner or candidate environmental assessment practitioner;

[Definition substituted by section 4(a) of Notice No. 2320, GG47133, dated 29 July 2022]

“application”

[Definition deleted by section 4(b) of Notice No. 2320, GG47133, dated 29 July 2022]

"Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations"

means the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations published in terms of section 24(5) and 44 of the Act

[Definition inserted by section 4(c) of Notice No. 2320, GG47133, dated 29 July 2022]

“EMPr”

[Definition deleted by section 4(d) of Notice No. 2320, GG47133, dated 29 July 2022]

“environmental assessment practitioner”

[Definition deleted by section 4(e) of Notice No. 2320, GG47133, dated 29 July 2022]

“Qualification: Environmental Assessment Practice”

means a qualification awarded by a higher education provider on completion of a learning programme that is accredited as meeting inter alia the standards contained in the Exit Level Outcomes, Associated Assessment Criteria and the critical Cross-Field Outcomes of the national qualification standard for Environmental Assessment Practice, South African Qualifications Authority ID 61831, with learning outcomes at least at the South African National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Level Descriptor 8; or a qualification consistent with a future qualification standard for Environmental Assessment Practice developed in conjunction with the Council on Higher Education, according to the requirements of the Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework of 2014, under the National Qualifications Framework Act, 2008 (Act No. 67 of 2008);

“registered candidate environmental assessment practitioner”

means a candidate environmental assessment practitioner who is registered as such by the registration authority appointed in terms of section 24H of the Act in accordance with criteria prescribed in these Regulations;

[Definition substituted by section 4(f) of Notice No. 2320, GG47133, dated 29 July 2022]

“registered environmental assessment practitioner”

means an environmental assessment practitioner who is registered as such by the registration authority appointed in terms of section 24H of the Act in accordance with criteria prescribed in these Regulations;

[Definition substituted by section 4(g) of Notice No. 2320, GG47133, dated 29 July 2022]

“registration authority”

means a registration authority appointed in terms of section 24H of the Act; and

“the Act”

means the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998).