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24 of 2008
The National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act 24 of 2008 aims:
- to establish a system of integrated coastal and estuarine management in the Republic, including norms, standards and policies, in order to promote the conservation of the coastal environment, and maintain the natural attributes of coastal landscapes and seascapes, and to ensure that development and the use of natural resources within the coastal zone is socially and economically justifiable and ecologically sustainable;
- to define rights and duties in relation to coastal areas;
- to determine the responsibilities of organs of state in relation to coastal areas;
- to prohibit incineration at sea;
- to control dumping at sea, pollution in the coastal zone, inappropriate development of the coastal environment and other adverse effects on the coastal environment;
- to give effect to South Africa's international obligations in relation to coastal matters; and
- to provide for matters connected therewith.
Amends
Repeals Sea-shore Act 21 of 1935 to the extent that it has not been assigned to provinces
Commencement
- 5 February 2016, Sections 65, 66, 95, 96 and 98 (Gazette 39657 of 5 February 2016)
- 1 December 2009, except for Sections 65, 66, 95, 96 and 98 (Gazette 32765 of 1 December 2009)
Amendments
The Southern African Legal Information Institute provides a complete amended Act at https://www.saflii.org/za/legis/consol_act/nemicma2008571/ [Updated to 31 October 2014]
