Antarctic Treaties Act, 1996 (Act No. 60 of 1996)RegulationsAntarctic Treaties Regulations, 2021Chapter 6 - Permits27. Assessment of applications |
| (1) | The Minister may, after receiving an application submitted in terms of these regulations— |
| (a) | request the applicant to provide specific information by a specified date; |
| (b) | request the applicant to carry out further investigations and to provide that information within a specified time; or |
| (c) | request the applicant to consult with specific organisations, authorities, persons or interested parties and submit the reports of the required consultations within a specified time. |
| (2) | In assessing an application for a permit or renewal of a permit the Minister may, in addition to those factors detailed in these regulations, also have regard to the following— |
| (a) | whether or not the applicant has been convicted of contravening the Act, the National Environmental Management Act or any other specific environmental management Act; or |
| (b) | whether the applicant, or any director of the applicant, either personally or while a director of another entity, has contravened conditions of prior or existing permits or authorisations granted to the applicant, or a director of the applicant, or an entity to whom a director of the applicant was at the time a director, in terms of the Act, the National Environmental Management Act or any other specific environmental management Act, including these regulations. |
| (3) | A failure to comply with any request made in terms of sub-regulation (1) renders the application incomplete and it may not be considered. |