Legal Update Bulletin

Please note that the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs intends introducing the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Bill, 2011 in Parliament during February 2012. An explanatory summary of the Bill was published in accordance with Rule 241(1)(c) of the Rules of the National Assembly and Rule 186(10)(b) of the Rules of the National Council of Provinces. (This Newsflash follows up on and relates Newsflash 29/2011 on the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Bill, 2011). ...continue reading

Please take note that the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs has in terms of section 52(1)(a) of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, Act 10 of 2004; published a national list of ecosystems that are threatened and in need of protection. ...continue reading