Policies / Policies from 2017
Policies with publication year 2017.
Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forestry,Ministry of Fisheries
The notice sets out the parties mandated to register with Milk South Africa, the application process by the parties, the timeline for application, details of the application document, and addressing of applications.
Ministry of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
The norms and standards is a review of the international and national norms and standards for water and sanitation services. It seeks to address the inadvertent exclusion of rural areas in the implementation of water services and backlogs. The parts of the policy document focus on; water components of water services, sanitation and wastewater components of water services, summary of monitoring and reporting responsibilities, and a proposed plan of action for the implementation of norms and standards.
Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
The regulations provide for the procedure to be followed and criteria to be considered in the determination of a fine pursuant to an application submitted in terms of section 24g of the national environmental management act of 1998. It empowers competent authorities to establish fine committees to consider applications.
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Competition
The environmental implementation plan (EIP) seeks to drive coordination and cooperation across government departments, as a means to secure the protection of the environment. Among others, the purpose of the EIP includes; avoiding duplication of efforts and promoting consistency, improving the level of participation and cooperation from provincial governments, and securing environmental protection on a national level.
Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
The policy should be read with the White Shark Cage Diving (WSCD) guidelines; the threatened or protected marine species regulations of 2017. It hopes to guide the processing and decision making on permit allocations for the WSCD, improve existing frameworks through effective impact monitoring and assessment, and set out procedures and criteria guiding the rational process of permit allocations. The need to manage the WSCD industry, based on sound scientific and financial sustainability, stems from the status of the great white sharks as "vulnerable to extinction in the wild".
Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forestry,Ministry of Fisheries
The exemption to operate a commercial fish processing establishment without a right granted is subject to the sections of the marine living resources act of 1998. The exemption is granted to; fishmongers, restaurants, fish shops, supermarkets, large chain stores, authorised fishing vessels that pack fish in crates, and those engaged in the drying of legally caught and purchased fish.
Ministry of Health
The Act stipulates that oral preparations which contain bacterial strains listed in the schedule, either solely, or in combination with other pharmacologically active ingredients; and make medicinal claims other than the general health claim provided for their use; shall be subjected to registration as medicines falling under the pharmacological classification of category A referred to in the medicines and related substances act of 1965.
Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
The norms and standards apply to lands regarded as nature reserves, and private lands declared as nature reserves. The guiding principles for the norms and standards include; preserving the ecological integrity of protected areas, preserving the nation's biodiversity, protecting South Africa's threatened species, providing for the sustainable use of natural and biological resources, and managing the relationship between environmental biodiversity, human settlement, and economic development.
Ministry of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
The purpose of these Regulations is to prescribe the procedure and requirements for water use licence applications and appeals as contemplated in the sections of the national water act of 1998. A water use licence application, after submission to the responsible authority, shall be considered and finalized within 144 days from the date of acceptance of the technical report on water use licence.
Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
The regulations prescribe the requirements that should be complied with for pollution prevention plans of greenhouse gases that are declared as priority air pollutants. The requirements are in terms of the section of the air quality act of 2004.
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