Magistrates' Courts "Lower Courts" Act, 1944
R 385
National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)RegulationsNational Appeal Regulations, 2025Chapter 2: Administration and Processing of Appeals4. Submitting an appeal |
| (1) | An appellant must submit an appeal— |
| (a) | within 20 calendar days from the date that the decision is sent by the decision-maker, or, where applicable, by the applicant to registered interested and affected parties; or |
| (b) | within 30 calendar days from the date that the decision is received, where the appeal is submitted in terms of section 43(8) of the Act. |
| (2) | The appellant must submit the appeal— |
| (a) | to the appeal administrator; |
| (b) | to the applicant, where the appellant is not the applicant; and |
| (c) | where applicable, to any registered interested and affected party where the appellant is the applicant. |
| (3) | An appeal submitted in terms of sub-regulation (1) must— |
| (a) | be in writing; |
| (b) | be in the form obtainable from the relevant website of the appeal authority; |
| (c) | include supporting documentation, which is referred to in the appeal; and |
| (d) | include proof of payment of a non-refundable appeal fee, if prescribed. |
| (4) | An applicant must— |
| (a) | notify, and make a copy of the appeal available to, registered interested and affected parties where applicable, and to affected organs of state, within 5 calendar days of the expiry of the 20-day period in sub-regulation (1); and |
| (b) | submit proof of the notification contemplated in paragraph (a) to the appeal administrator within 5 calendar days of sending the last notification. |
