NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT, 107 OF 1998: CONSULTATION ON THE INTENTION TO EXTEND THE APPOINTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PRACTITIONERS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA AS THE SINGLE REGISTRATION AUTHORITY, IN TERMS OF SECTION 24H(3), READ WITH SECTION 24H(6), OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT, 1998 (ACT NO. 107 OF 1998), UNTIL A DATE TO BE DETERMINED BY NOTICE IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
Notice Title: National Environmental Management Act, 107 of 1998 (“NEMA”): Consultation on the Intention to Extend the Appointment of Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association of South Africa as the Single Registration Authority, in terms of section 24H(3), read with section 24H(6), of the NEMA, until a date to be determined by notice in the Government Gazette
Government Notice: GN 6573 in GG 53291 on 3 September 2025
Commencing date: Comments to be submitted on or before 2 October 2025
The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment intends to extend the appointment of the Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association of South Africa (“EAPASA”), as the single registration authority, in terms of section 24H(3), read with section 24H(6), of the NEMA, until a date to be determined by Notice in the Government Gazette.
EAPASA was appointed as the single registration authority for a period of five years, with effect from 8 February 2018 until 7 February 2023, whereafter the period of appointment was extended until 7 February 2024, and thereafter until 7 February 2026. The Minister intends to further extend the appointment until a date to be determined by Notice in the Government Gazette, to enable him to adequately consider what the most sustainable way forward would be for the long term registration and regulation of environmental assessment practitioners and to undertake the required law reform processes.
Additional information on the EAPASA, the work they have conducted to date, and supporting information may be accessed at www.eapasa.org.
Members of the public are invited to submit comments on or before 2 October 2025. For a copy of the Government Gazette Notice click here: National Environmental Management Act: Consultation: Extend appointment of Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association of South Africa as the single registration authority
For more information or assistance please contact Jan Nel at jan@shangoni.co.za.
