| (1) | An EAP must identify whether basic assessment or S&EIR must be applied to the application, taking into account— |
| (a) | any notices published in terms of section 24D of the Act; |
| (b) | any guidelines applicable to the application process or activity which is the subject of the application; and |
| (c) | any advice given by the competent authority in terms of regulation 8. |
| (2) | An application must be managed in accordance with— |
| (a) | regulation 19 and 20 if basic assessment must be applied to the application or when identified and gazetted by the Minister in a government notice; or |
[Regulation 15(2)(a) substituted by Notice No. 326 of 2017]
| (b) | regulation 21 to 24 if S&EIR must be applied to the application. |
| (3) | S&EIR must be applied to an application if the application is for two or more activities as part of the same development for which S&EIR must already be applied in respect of any of the activities. |
