Environment Conservation Amendment Act 79 of 1992

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79 of 1992

The Environment Conservation Amendment Act 79 of 1992 intends:

to amend the Environment Conservation Act, 1989 [repealed in 2000], so as
to define or further define certain expressions;
to make further provision concerning the determination of and compliance with the policy for environmental conservation;
to further regulate the constitution of the Council for the Environment;
to emend certain references;
to provide that the Minister may in certain instances declare private land or water to be a special nature reserve, and to extend the exemptions in respect of the prohibition on admittance to special nature reserves;
to compel any person or authority in control of any place to which the public has access to remove any litter discarded, dumped or left at such place;
to further defme the power of the Minister of Water Affairs to issue permits in connection with disposal sites;
to make further provision in connection with the identification of actions likely to have a detrimental effect on the environment;
to empower Administrators also to authorize the performance of identified activities;
to empower Administrators also to authorize development in limited development areas;
to empower the Minister to make regulations regarding the submission of statistics on the types of waste produced;
to empower the Minister to make regulations regarding the dumping of litter;
to empower the Minister to make regolations regarding environmental impact reports in respect of activities prohibited in limited development areas;
to delete the requirement in terms of which certain regulations may only be made applicable within the area of jurisdiction of a local authority with the concurrence of such local authority;
to empower the Minister to grant exemption from the application of regulations, notices or directions promulgated or issued in terms of the Act;
to extend the provision regarding offences and penalties;
to confer upon the Minister, an Administrator and a local authority or government institution certain powers where the environment is damaged, endangered or detrimentally affected;
to extend the powers of the Minister to delegate; and
to empower persons authorized thereto by the Minister to enter upon land; and
to provide for matters connected therewith.

Environment Conservation Amendment Act 79 of 1992

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