| (1) | The MEC of a province may delegate a power or duty vested in or delegated to the MEC in terms of this Act or a specified environmental management Act to— |
| (b) | the management authority of a provincial or local protected area: |
| (d) | any provincial organ of state, by agreement with that organ of state. |
| (b) | may be made subject to conditions; |
| (c) | does not prevent the exercise of the power or the performance of the duty by the MEC personally; |
| (d) | may include the power to subdelegate; and |
| (e) | may be withdrawn by the MEC. |
| (3) | The MEC may confirm, vary or revoke and decision taken in consequence of a delegation or subdelegation in terms of this section, subject to any rights that may have accrued to a person as a result of the decision. |
| (b) | to publish notices in the Gazette; |
| (c) | to appoint a member of a board or committee; or |
| (d) | to expropriate private land. |
| (5) | A provincial head of department may delegate a power or duty vested in him or her or delegated to him or her by the MEC in terms of this Act or a specific environmental management Act to the holder of an office in the department. |
[Section 42A(5) inserted by section 13 of Act No. 25 of 2014]
| (6) | The delegation in subsection (5)— |
| (b) | may be made subject to conditions; and |
| (c) | may be withdrawn by the provincial head of department. |
[Section 42A(6) inserted by section 13 of Act No. 25 of 2014]
