National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)Regulations in Terms of Chapter 5 of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998Chapter 3 : Applications for Environmental AuthorisationsPart 1 : General matters20. Determination of assessment process applicable to application |
| 1) | When appointed in terms of regulation 17(1), an EAP must in accordance with regulation 21 determine whether basic assessment or scoping must be applied to the application, taking into account— |
| a) | any guidelines applicable to the activity which is the subject of the application; and |
| b) | any advice given by the competent authority in terms of regulation 5(b). |
| 2) | An application must be managed in accordance with— |
| a) | Part 2 of this Chapter if basic assessment must be applied to the application; or |
| b) | Part 3 of this Chapter if scoping must be applied to the application. |