Mining Business Africa |National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) changes related to Section 24G

SECTION 24G-WHIZZ!

One of the many changes made to the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (NEMA) by the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Act, 2022 (NEMLA4) is the amendment of section 24G.

It’s a G-whizz moment for this controversial provision which provides for the so-called “ex post facto” authorisation for the commencement of a listed or specified activity without an environmental authorisation or the commencement, undertaking or conducting of a waste management activity without a waste management licence (collectively referred to as “unauthorised activity”).

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