| (a) | The Minister must annually determine fees that the Regulator must charge for safety permits, including a non-refundable application fee, which shall be published in the Gazette. |
[Subsection (2)(a) substituted by section 11(a) of Act No. 69 of 2008]
| (b) | The fees contemplated in 2(a) may differ from operators as determined by the Minister. |
| (3) | An application for a safety permit must— |
| (a) | be made in the format determined by the Regulator; |
| (b) | contain the additional information determined by the Regulator; and |
[Subsection (3)(c) substituted by section 11(b) of Act No. 69 of 2008]
| (4) | The chief executive officer— |
| (a) | may require the applicant, at the applicant's expense, to provide him or her by a given date with— |
| (i) | any information, in addition to the information contained in the application; and |
| (ii) | an independent review of that information by a person acceptable to the board; |
| (b) | may direct that an investigation be conducted on the effect of the proposed safety permit on safe railway operations; |
| (c) | may invite written comments from any organ of state which has an interest in the matter; and |
| (d) | must afford the applicant an opportunity to make representations on any aspect of the safety permit application. |
| (5) | The chief executive officer may, at any stage of the application process, require the applicant to— |
| (a) | publish a notice of his or her application in local newspapers and other media— |
| (i) | describing the safety permit applied for; |
| (ii) | stating that written objections on the grounds of the safe railway operations may be lodged against his or her application before a specified date, which may not be less than 60 days after the last publication of the notice; |
| (iii) | giving an address where written objections must be lodged; and |
| (iv) | containing such other particulars as the board map require; |
| (b) | take such other steps as the chief executive officer may direct to bring the application to the attention of relevant organs of state, interested persons and the general public; and |
| (c) | satisfy the chief executive officer that the interests of any other person are not adversely affected. |
