National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)RegulationsEnvironmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014Chapter 3 : General Requirements for Applications5. General |
| (1) | All applications in terms of these Regulations must be decided upon by a competent authority. |
| (2) | The competent authority, who must consider and decide upon an application in respect of a listed activity or specified activity, must be determined with reference to the notice published under section 24D(1) and any agreement in terms of section 24C(3) of the Act. |
| (3) | A competent authority must keep— |
| (a) | a register of all applications received by the competent authority in terms of these Regulations; |
| (b) | a register of all decisions in respect of environmental authorisations; |
| (c) | copies of all applications; and |
| (d) | copies of all decisions. |
| (4) | When a national electronic system is provided for the recording of applications for environmental authorisation, this system must be used by all competent authorities to keep the records referred to in subregulation (3)(a) and (b). |
| (5) | When a national electronic system is provided for the submission of applications for environmental authorisation, this system must be used by all applicants. |
| (6) | When providing coordinates as part of the information submitted regarding the location of an activity as part of an application for environmental authorisation, such coordinates must be provided in degrees, minutes and seconds using the Hartebeesthoek94 WGS84 co-ordinate system. |