Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996
R 385
National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)RegulationsEnvironmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014Chapter 4 : Application for Environmental AuthorisationPart 2: Basic Assessment20. Decision on basic assessment application |
| (1) | The competent authority must within 107 days of receipt of the basic assessment report and the documents contemplated in regulation 19(1)(a), in writing— |
| (a) | grant environmental authorisation in respect of all or part of the activity applied for; or |
| (b) | refuse environmental authorisation. |
[Regulation 20(1) substituted by section 7(a) of Notice No. 517, GG44701, dated 11 June of 2021]
| (2) | To the extent that authorisation is granted for an alternative, such alternative must, for the purposes of subregulation (1), be regarded as having been applied for, consulted on and its impacts investigated. |
| (3) | On having reached a decision, the competent authority must comply with regulation 4(1), after which the applicant must comply with regulation 4(2). |
| (4) | [Regulation 20(4) deleted by section 7(b) of Notice No. 517, GG44701, dated 11 June of 2021]. |
