• National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004 (Act No. 39 of 2004)
    • Notice No. 39 of 2004
    • Act
    • Preamble
    • Chapter 1 : Interpretation and Fundamental Principles
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Object of Act
      • 3. General duty of State
      • 4. Application of Act
      • 5. Application of National Environmental Management Act
      • 6. Conflicts with other legislation
    • Chapter 2 : National Framework and National, Provincial and Local Standards
      • Part 1 : National framework
        • 7. Establishment
        • 8. National monitoring and information management standards
      • Part 2 : National, provincial and local ambient air quality and emission standards
        • 9. National standards
        • 10. Provincial standards
        • 11. Local standards
      • Part 3 : General
        • 12. Ambient air quality and emission measurements
    • Chapter 3 : Institutional and Planning Matters
      • 13. National Air Quality Advisory Committee
      • 14. Appointment of air quality officers
      • 15. Air qualilty management plans
      • 16. Contents of air quality management plans
      • 17. Reporting on implementation of air quality management plans
    • Chapter 4 : Air Quality Management Measures
      • Part 1 : Priority areas
        • 18. Declaration of priority areas
        • 19. Management of priority areas
        • 20. Regulations for implementing and enforcing priority area air quality management plans
      • Part 2 : Listing of activities resulting in atmospheric emissions
        • 21. Listing of activities
        • 22. Consequences of listing
        • 22A. Consequences of unlawful conduct of listed activity resulting in atmospheric emission
      • Part 3 : Controlled emitters
        • 23. Controlled emitters
        • 24. Standards for controlled emitters
        • 25. Consequences of declaration
      • Part 4 : Controlled fuels
        • 26. Controlled fuels
        • 27. Use and prohibition of controlled fuels
        • 28. Consequences of declaration
      • Part 5 : Other measures
        • 29. Pollution prevention plans
        • 30. Atmospheric impact reports
        • 31. Recognition programmes
      • Part 6 : Measures in respect of dust, noise and offensive odours
        • 32. Control of dust
        • 33. Rehabilitation when mining operations cease
        • 34. Control of noise
        • 35. Control of offensive odours
    • Chapter 5 : Licensing of Listed Activities
      • 36. Licensing authority
      • 37. Application for atmospheric emission licences
      • 38. Procedure for licence applications
      • 39. Factors to be taken into account by licensing authorities
      • 40. Decisions of licensing authority
      • 41. Successful applications
      • 42. Issuing of atmospheric emission licences
      • 43. Contents of provisional atmospheric emission licences and atmospheric emisison licences
      • 44. Transfer of provisional atmospheric emission licences and atmospheric emission licences
      • 45. Review of provisional atmospheric emission licences and atmospheric emission licences
      • 46. Variation of provisional atmospheric emission licences and atmospheric emission licences
      • 47. Renewal of provisional atmospheric emission licences aad atmospheric emission licences
      • 48. Emission control officers
      • 49. Criteria for fit and proper persons
    • Chapter 6 : International Air Qualilty Management
      • 50. Transboundary air pollution
    • Chapter 7 : Offences and Penalties
      • 51. Offences
      • 52. Penalties
    • Chapter 8 : General Matters
      • Part 1 : Regulations
        • 53. Regulations by Minister
        • 54. Regulations by MECs responsbile for air quality
        • 55. General
      • Part 2 : Consultative process
        • 56. Consultation
        • 57. Public participation
      • Part 3 : Delegations and exemptions
        • 58. Delegations
        • 59. Exemptions
    • Chapter 9 : Miscellaneous
      • 60. Repeal of legislation
      • 61. Transitional arrangements in respect of registration certificates issued in terms of Atmospheric Pollution Prevention Act
      • 62. [Repealed] Transitional provision regarding listed activities
      • 63. [Repealed] Transitional provision regarding ambient air quality standards
      • 64. Short title and commencement
    • Schedules
      • Schedule 1
      • [Repealed] Schedule 2 : Ambient air quality standards (Section 63) 
  • Notices
    • List of Activities which result in atmospheric emissions which have or may have a significant deterimental effect on the environment, including health, social conditions, economic conditions, ecological conditions or cultural heritage
      • Notice No. 893 of 2013
      • Part 1 : Definitions
      • Part 2 : General
      • Part 3 : Minimum Emission Standards
        • Category 1: Combustion Installations
        • Category 2: Petroleum Industry, the production of gaseous and liquid fuels as well as petrochemicals from crude oil, coal, gas or biomass
        • Category 3: Carbonization and Coal Gasification
        • Category 4: Metallurgical Industry
        • Category 5: Mineral Processing, Storage and Handling
        • Category 6: Organic Chemicals Industry
        • Category 7: Inorganic Chemicals Industry
        • Category 8: Thermal Treatment of Hazardous and General Waste
        • Category 9: Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Activities, including By-Products Recovery
        • Category  10: Animal Matter Processing
      • Annexure A - Methods for Sampling and Analysis
    • Declaration of Greenhouse Gases as Priority Air Pollutants
      • Notice No. 710 of 2017
      • Chapter 1 : Definitions and priority pollutant greenhouse gases
        • 1. Definitions
        • 2. Priority pollutant greenhouse gases
      • Chapter 2 : Persons required to submit pollution prevention plans, requirements for submission of pollution prevention plan and requirements for monitoring, evaluating and reporting
        • 3. Persons required to submit pollution prevention plans
        • 4. Requirements for submission of pollution prevention plan
        • 5. Requirements for monitoring, evaluating and reporting
      • Annexure A : List of Production Processes
    • Notice regarding Manual Registration of Data Providers and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions for the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 Reporting Cycles
      • Notice No. 4248 of 2024
      • Annexures
        • Annexure 2: Registration as Data Provider and of Facilities
        • Annexure 3: Annual Reporting
  • Regulations
    • Regulations regarding the Phasing-Out and Management of Ozone-Depleting Substances
      • Notice No. 351 of 2014
      • Chapter 1 : Definitions and Purpose of Regulations
        • 1. Definitions
        • 2. Purpose of Regulations
      • Chapter 2 : Prohibitions and Phase Out Schedules
        • 3. Prohibition of production, importation, exportation, use or placing on the market of ozone-depleting substances and equipment
        • 4. General prohibition of stockpiling
        • 5. Phase out schedule for HCFCs, HCFC-141b and equipment charged with HCFC 22
        • 5A. Import quota allocation
        • 5B. Import or export permit recommendation
      • Chapter 3 : Reclamation, Destruction, Discharge or Release of Ozone Depleting Substances
        • 6. Reclamation or destruction of ozone depleting substances
        • 7. Discharge or release of ozone depleting substances
      • Chapter 4 : Information Management
        • 8. Importers or exporters of ozone depleting substances
      • Chapter 5 : General Matters
        • 9. Offences and penalties
        • 10. Short title and commencement
      • Appendixes
        • Appendix-A : Ozone Depleting Substances
    • Regulations Prescribing the Atmospheric Emission Licence Processing Fee, 2016
      • Notice No. 250 of 2016
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Purpose of the regulations
      • 3. Prescribed processing fee
      • 4. Payment
      • 5. Short title
      • Annexure
    • National Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulations, 2016
      • Notice No. 275 of 2017
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Purpose of Regulations
      • 3. Application of Regulations
      • 4. Classification of Emission Sources and Data Providers
      • 5. Registration
      • 6. Changes to Registration Details
      • 7. Reporting Requirements
      • 8. Reporting Boundaries
      • 9. Completeness
      • 10. Methods
      • 11. Verification and Validation of Information
      • 12. Confidentiality of Information
      • 13. Record Keeping by Data Provider
      • 14. Publishing Data and Information
      • 15. Transitional Arrangements
      • 16. Offences
      • 17. Penalties
      • 18. Short Title and Commencement
      • Annexures
        • Annexure 1 : List of Activities for which GHG Emissions must be reported to the Competent Authority
        • Annexure 2 : Registration as Data Provider and of Facilities
        • Annexure 3 : Annual Reporting
        • Annexure 4 : Information to Accompany Submission in terms of Regulation 10(2)
        • Annexure 5 : Registration of Standby Generators
    • Section 24G Fine Regulations
      • Notice No. R. 698 of 2017
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Purpose of Regulations
      • 3. Fine Committee
      • 4. Factors to be taken into account
      • 5. Representations
      • 6. Determination of fine
      • 7. Mandatory record keeping
      • 8. Register of interested and affected parties
      • 9. Repeat contraveners
      • 10. Offences and penalties
      • 11. Consolidated applications
      • 12. Commencement and short title
      • 13. Transitional provisions
      • Annexure A
        • Section A : Directive
        • Section B : Deferral
        • Section C : Quantum of the section 24G fine
        • Section D : Preliminary Advertisement
    • National Pollution Prevention Plans Regulations, 2017
      • Notice No. 712 of 2017
      • Chapter 1 : Definitions and Purpose of the Regulations
        • 1. Definitions
        • 2. Purpose
      • Chapter 2 : Requirements for pollution prevention plans
        • 3. Requirements for pollution prevention plans
      • Chapter 3 : Submission and approval of pollution prevention plans and annual progress reports
        • 4. Submission and approval of pollution prevention plans
        • 5. Submission and approval of annual progress reports
      • Chapter 4 : Verification of information and general matters
        • 6. Verification of information
        • 7. Confidentiality of information
        • 8. Offences
        • 9. Penalties
        • 10. Short title and commencement
      • Annexure A
        •  List of production processes
    • Submission of "Subsequent Pollution Prevention Plans" 
      • Notice No. 580 of 2020
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Submission of "subsequent pollution prevention plans" under the National Pollution Prevention Plans Regulations, 2017
      • 3. Proposed process to manage the carbon budgets for the period of 01 January 2021 to 31 December 2022