Infrastructure Development Act, 2014 (Act No. 23 of 2014)Part 3 : Strategic integrated projects7. Requirements for strategic integrated projects and designation of Chairpersons of strategic integrated projects |
| (1) | A project or group of projects qualifies as a strategic integrated project for the purposes of this Act if— |
| (a) | it comprises of one or more installation, structure, facility, system, service or process relating to any matter specified in Schedule 1 or such additions to that Schedule as the Council may decide and has published by notice in the Gazette; |
| (b) | it complies with any of the following criteria: |
| (i) | It would be of significant economic or social importance to the Republic; |
| (ii) | it would contribute substantially to any national strategy or policy relating to infrastructure development; or |
| (iii) | it is above a certain monetary value determined by the Commission; and |
| (c) | the Commission has included the project in the national infrastructure plan and has, in terms of section 8, designated the project as a strategic integrated project. |
| (2) | The Commission may for the purposes of subsection (1)(b)(iii) determine different values for different types of strategic integrated projects or for different categories of strategic integrated projects. |
| (3) | A strategic integrated project may include infrastructure that is not public infrastructure, provided it is with the consent of the owner. |
| (4) | The Council must designate as Chairperson of a strategic integrated project the Minister under whose portfolio a strategic integrated project falls or, where different components of a strategic integrated project fall under different portfolios, such Minister as the Council may determine as principally responsible for the strategic integrated project. |
| (5) | The SIP Chairperson shall as soon as possible after the Council has designated a strategic integrated project— |
| (a) | convene and chair a forum of executive authorities that are involved in the strategic integrated project from the three spheres of government; |
| (b) | coordinate implementation of the strategic integrated project that she or he chairs; |
| (c) | ensure that the steering committee of the strategic integrated project provides information as required by the Secretariat; and |
| (d) | promote the alignment of relevant government activities in support of implementation, operation and maintenance of the strategic integrated project. |