National Environment Laws Amendment Act 44 of 2008

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44 of 2008

The National Environment Laws Amendment Act 44 of 2008 aims:

to provide for the Atmospheric Pollution Prevention Act, 1965, to be regarded as a specific environmental management Act until section 60 of the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004, takes effect;
to amend the Environment Conservation Act, 1989, so as to rectify certain incorrect references in the Act;
to amend the National Environmental Management Act, 1998, so as to clarify an uncertainty in the Act concerning certain definitions;
to authorise the Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry to designate persons as environmental management inspectors;
to provide for environmental management inspectors to be regarded as peace officers as contemplated in the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977; and
to provide for a penalty for the offence of failing to comply with a compliance notice in terms of section 31N of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998; and
to amend the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004, so as to substitute Schedule 1 to that Act; and
to provide for matters connected therewith.