National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)Regulations in Terms of Chapter 5 of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998Chapter 9 : General Matters affecting Applications and Appeals84. Pending applications and appeals |
| 1) | An application for authorisation of an activity submitted in terms of the previous regulations and which is pending when these Regulations take effect, must despite the repeal of the previous regulations be dispensed with in terms of the previous regulations as if the previous regulations were not repealed. |
| 2) | An appeal lodged in terms of the previous regulations which is pending when these Regulations take effect or an appeal lodged against a decision taken by virtue of the application of subregulation (1), must despite the repeal of the previous regulations be dispensed with in terms of the previous regulations as if the previous regulations were not repealed. |
| 3) | Any authorisation issued following an application in terms of subregulation (1) or an appeal in terms of subregulation (2) must be regarded to be an environmental authorisation issued in terms of these Regulations. |