National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)RegulationsEnvironmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014Chapter 5 : Amendment, Suspension, Withdrawal and Auditing of Compliance with Environmental Authorisation and Environmental Management Programme or Closure PlanPart 2: Amendment where a change in scope occurs31. Amendments to be applied for in terms of Part 2 |
An environmental authorisation may be amended by following the process prescribed in this Part if the amendment will result in a change to the scope of a valid environmental authorisation where such change will result in an increased level or change in the nature of impact where such level or change in nature of impact was not—
| (a) | assessed and included in the initial application for environmental authorisation; or |
| (b) | taken into consideration in the initial environmental authorisation; |
and the change does not, on its own, constitute a listed or specified activity.
[Regulation 31 substituted by Notice No. 326 of 2017]