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 3 : Applications subject to scoping and environmental impact assessment36. Decision on applications |
| 1) | A competent authority must within 45 days of acceptance of an environmental impact assessment report in terms of regulation 35 or, if the report was referred for specialist review in terms of section 24I of the Act, within 45 days of receipt of the findings of the specialist reviewer, in writing- |
| a) | grant authorisation in respect of all or part of the activity applied for; or |
| b) | refuse authorisation in respect of all or part of the activity. |
| 2) | To the extent that authorisation is granted for an alternative, such alternative must for the purposes of subregulation (1) be regarded as having been applied for. |
| 3) | On having reached a decision, the competent authority must comply with regulation 10(1). |