National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)RegulationsEnvironmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014Chapter 5 : Amendment, Suspension, Withdrawal and Auditing of Compliance with Environmental Authorisation and Environmental Management Programme or Closure PlanPart 1: Amendments where no change in scope or a change of ownership occur30. Process and consideration of application for amendment and decision |
| (1) | Upon receipt of an application made in terms of regulation 29 the competent authority— |
| (a) | may request additional information within a period determined by the competent authority and such request must accompany the acknowledgement of receipt of the application and if such information is not submitted within such a period the application will be deemed to have lapsed; and |
| (b) | must refuse the application for amendment if the amendment being applied for does not fall within the ambit of regulation 29. |
[Regulation 30(1) substituted by Notice No. 326 of 2017]
| (2) | The competent authority must within 30 days of acknowledging receipt of the application or of receipt of the additional information contemplated in subregulation (1)(a) decide the application. |