(2) |
The Minister, with the concurrence of the Minister responsible for water affairs, must within four years of the commencement of this Act publish by notice in the Gazette a national estuarine management protocol. |
[Subsection (2) substituted by section 22 of Act No. 36 of 2014]
(3) |
The national estuarine management protocol must— |
(a) |
determine a strategic vision and objectives for achieving effective integrated management of estuaries; |
(b) |
set standards for the management of estuaries; |
(c) |
establish procedures or give guidance regarding how estuaries must be managed and how the management responsibilities are to be exercised by different organs of state and other parties; |
(d) |
establish minimum requirements for estuarine management plans; |
(e) |
identify who must prepare estuarine management plans and the process to be followed in doing so; |
(f) |
specify the process for reviewing estuarine management plans to ensure that they comply with the requirements of this Act; and |
(g) |
be published for public comment in accordance with the procedure set out in Part 5 of Chapter 6. |