National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)

In these Regulations any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act has that meaning, and unless the context indicates otherwise—

"distribution"

means a direct or indirect transfer of a listed substance by a company or individuals for the benefit of one or more users or companies;

"export"

in relation to the Republic, means to take out or transfer, or attempt to take out or transfer, from a place within the Republic to another country or to international waters;

"Import"

in relation to the Republic means to land on, bring into or introduce into the Republic, or attempt to land on, bring into or introduce into the Republic, and includes to bring into the Republic for re-export to a place outside the Republic;

"listed substance"

means any chemical listed in regulation 3 of these Regulations, as well as formulations and products containing any of these chemicals and their wastes;

"Persistent Organic Pollutants"

means chemicals that are of global concern due to their potential for long-range transport, persistence in the environment, ability to bio-magnify and bio- accumulate in ecosystems, as well as their significant negative effects on human health and the environment;

"production"

means the action of making or manufacturing from components or raw materials, or the process of being manufactured;

"Sale"

means offer, advertise, keep, transmit, consign, convey or deliver for purpose of reselling or exchange or dispose of to any person whether for consideration or otherwise;

"Stockholm Convention"

means the Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, done at Stockholm on 23 May 2001; and includes the Annexes to the Convention, and any amendments to, or substitutions of, those documents that are or will become binding on South Africa;

"the Act"

means the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998); and

"Use"

mean to utilise the listed substance for a similar or different purpose with intention to achieve desired result.