Environment Conservation Act, 1989 (Act No. 73 of 1989)

Part VI : Regulations

28. General regulatory powers

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Any regulation made under this Part-

a)may assign functions to any provincial administration or any local authority;
b)may relate to the qualifications, powers and duties of officers enforcing the provisions of this Act, including the power to seize any book, document, vehicle or other thing which such officer deems necessary in the execution of his functions;
c)[Para (c) deleted by s. 5 of Act No. 52 of 1994];
d)may provide that an officer, local authority or government institution may by notice call upon a person contravening a provision of this Act to take certain steps or to cease certain activities within a specified period;
e)may provide that any person who contravenes, or who fails to comply with, any provision thereof, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding R100 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years or to both such fine and such imprisonment, and to a fine not exceeding three times the commercial value of any thing in respect of which the offence was committed, and, in the event of a continuing contravention, to a fine not exceeding R250 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 20 days or to both such fine and such imprisonment in respect of every day on which such contravention continues;
f)may be made in respect of different regions or different matters which the Minister or a competent authority as the case may be may deem necessary or expedient;
g)may relate to any matter which in terms of this Act shall or may be prescribed by regulation;
h)may in general relate to any matter which aims at furthering the objects of this Act;
i)which will entail the expenditure of State funds shall be made only with the concurrence of the Minister of State Expenditure.