National Nuclear Regulator Act, 1999 (Act No. 47 of 1999)Chapter 7 : General47. Regulations |
| (1) | The Minister may, after consultation with the board and by notice in the Gazette, make regulations as to any matter— |
| (a) | required or permitted to be prescribed in terms of this Act; |
| (b) | necessary for the effective administration of this Act. |
| (2) | Any regulation made in terms of subsection (1) may provide that— |
| (a) | the contravention of or failure to comply therewith, is an offence; and |
| (b) | a person convicted of that offence is punishable with a prescribed fine or a term of imprisonment not longer than the period so prescribed. |
| (3) | Before any regulations are made in terms of subsection (1), the Minister must, by notice in the Gazette, invite comment on the proposed regulations and consider that comment. |
| (4) | Despite the repeal of the previous Act, the regulations made under section 77 of the previous Act and in force immediately before the specified date, in so far as they relate to matters which are required or permitted to be prescribed as contemplated in subsection (1)(a) or (b), are regarded to have been made in terms of subsection (1). |