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

Regulations

Regulations relating to Qualification Criteria, Training and Identification of, and Forms to be used by, Environmental Management Inspectors and Environmental Mineral Resource Inspectors

4. Issue of identity cards

 

(1) The identity card contemplated in section 31F of the Act—
(a) must comply with regulation 5; and
(b) may be issued only by—
(i) the Director-General or an official of the Department designated by the Director-General;
(ii) the Director-General of the department responsible for mineral resources or an official of that department designated by that Director -General;
(iii) the Director-General of the department responsible for water and sanitation or an official of that department designated by that Director - General; or
(iv) another organ of state authorised to do so in writing by the Director-General, Director-General of the department responsible for mineral resources or the Director-General of the department responsible for water and sanitation, as the case may be; and
(c) must be in the standard format and layout approved by the Director-General.

 

(2) An organ of state authorised in terms of subregulation (1)(b)(iv) to issue identity cards must issue such cards only to its own employees designated as inspectors by a designating authority.

 

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Director-General may authorise the head of a provincial department responsible for environmental affairs to issue identity cards to employees of provincial public entities and municipalities within its geographic area of jurisdiction.