Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)NoticesDirections relating to National Environmental Management Permits and Licences during Alert Level 34. Extension of timeframes |
| 4.1 | The timeframes contemplated in paragraphs 5.1 and 5.2 (a), (b) and (d) of the repealed Directions, for which services and actions are not undertaken from the date of publication of these Directions as referred to in any of the Annexures, remain extended, or deemed to be extended, by the number of days calculated from 27 March 2020 until further notice. |
| 4.2 | Authorisations for the export of waste tyres issued in terms of regulation 4(e) of the Waste Tyre Regulations which expired between 27 March 2020 and the date of publication of these Directions, remain valid— |
| (a) | subject to a new application being submitted, as set out In Annexure 1, within 60 days from the date of publication of these Directions; and |
| (b) | until such time as a decision on such new application has been issued. |
| 4.3 | Timeframes or periods extended in terms of the repealed Directions, for any services and actions referred to in the Annexures which were suspended on 27 March 2020 and are now resumed in terms of these Directions, are extended or deemed to be extended by an additional 21 days or such further date as may be determined by the relevant authority. |
| 4.4 | The prescribed timeframes of any services and actions referred to in the Annexures initiated after the date of publication of these Directions are extended or deemed to be extended by a period of 30 days, on condition that where a service or action can be concluded within a shorter timeframe, it may be concluded within such shorter timeframe and on condition that the relevant authority may determine that a specific action must be performed by a specific date. |