National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)RegulationsEnvironmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014Chapter 4 : Application for Environmental AuthorisationPart 3: S&EIR24. Decision on S&EIR application |
| (1) | The competent authority must within 107 days of receipt of the environmental impact assessment report and the documents contemplated in regulation 23(1)(a), in writing— |
[Words preceding regulation 24(1)(a) substituted by section 10(a) of Notice No. 517, GG44701, dated 11 June of 2021]
| (a) | grant environmental authorisation in respect of all or part of the activity applied for; or |
| (b) | refuse environmental authorisation. |
| (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, consulted on and its impacts investigated. |
| (3) | On having reached a decision, the competent authority must comply with regulation 4(1), after which an applicant must comply with regulation 4(2). |
| (4) | [Regulation 24(4) deleted by section 10(b) of Notice No. 517, GG44701, dated 11 June of 2021]. |