National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)RegulationsSection 24H Registration Authority Regulations, 2016Chapter 3 : Minimum Requirements of Registration Authority7. Functioning of a registration authority |
| (1) | Reasonable steps must be taken to ensure that the objectivity of the registration authority in performing any functions in terms of section 24H of the Act is not compromised. |
| (2) | The executive members of the registration authority must— |
| (a) | have no business or financial interest in the registration authority other than fair remuneration for work performed in connection with the execution of functions of the registration authority; |
| (b) | have expertise in ensuring compliance to these Regulations; |
| (c) | be able to perform the work relating to an application for registration as an environmental assessment practitioner or candidate environmental assessment practitioner in an objective manner; and |
| (d) | recuse himself from any hearing, deliberation or decision of any committee, where there may be any circumstances that may pose an actual or potential conflict of interest. |
| (3) | A minimum of two thirds of the executive members of the registration authority must meet the requirements for registration as environmental assessment practitioners. |
| (4) | Each committee established as contemplated in subregulation (4) must consist of such number of members as the registration authority may determine, on condition that at least two thirds of the members of such committee must meet the requirements for registration as environmental assessment practitioners. |
| (5) | The registration authority may at any time reconstitute or dissolve any committee established in terms of sub-regulation (4) of these Regulations. |
| (6) | The registration authority must, from its members, appoint a registration committee which will be responsible to consider and decide on— |
| (a) | any application for registration as either registered environmental assessment practitioner or registered candidate environmental assessment practitioner; |
| (b) | any application for renewal of registration as registered environmental assessment practitioners or registered candidate environmental assessment practitioners; and |
| (c) | any termination of registration as contemplated in regulation 18. |