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National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998)

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Water Use Licence Application and Appeals Regulations, 2017

Chapter 4 : Site Inspection Meeting and Submission of Technical Report on Water Use Licence Application

10. Site inspection

 

(1) Where an application necessitates a site inspection, the applicant must, within 5 days of receipt of an acceptance letter contemplated in regulation 9, confirm arrangements for site inspection with a case officer.

 

(2) The site inspection can take the form of:
(a) a meeting between the applicant and the responsible authority; or
(b) a meeting between the applicant, the responsible authority and other relevant stakeholders.

 

(3) Following the site inspection, the responsible authority shall inform the applicant, in writing, of the information required to compile a technical report for a water use licence application within 5 days of the site inspection.

 

(4) The site inspection process must be concluded within a period of 30 days of acceptance of an application contemplated in regulation 9.

 

(5) Failure by the applicant to confirm a date for site inspection and to make himself or herself available on agreed date will result in the responsible authority rejecting the application.