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NO. 100 OF
1996: ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION ACT EXTENSION ACT, 1996.
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- PRESIDENT'S OFFICE No.
1899.
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27 November 1996
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- NO. 100 OF 1996:
ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION ACT EXTENSION ACT, 1996.
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- It is hereby notified that
the President has assented to the following Act which is hereby
published for general information:-
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ACT
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- To extend the application
of the Environment Conservation Act, 1989, to that area of the
Republic which constituted national territories
of certain former
states and self-governing entities; and to provide for matters
connected therewith.
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(Afrikaans
text signed by the President.) (Assented to 12 November 1996.)
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- BE IT ENACTED by the
Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:- Definitions
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1. In this Act, unless
the context otherwise indicates-
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- "affected area"
means the national territory of the former Transkei, Bophuthatswana,
Venda and Ciskei, and the areas
in respect of which the former
self-governing territories of Gazankulu, KaNgwane, KwaNdebele,
KwaZulu, Lebowa and Qwaqwa were
established;
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"Minister" means
the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism; "the Act"
means the Environment Conservation
Act, 1989 (Act No. 73 of$
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1989).
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- Extension of Act 73 of
1989
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- 2. The application of the
Act, and all amendments thereof, is hereby extended to the affected
area.
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- Extension of regulations
and notices to affected area
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- 3. The application of all
regulations and notices made or issued by the
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Minister in terms of the Act
is hereby extended to the affected area. Conflict of provisions
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4. In the case of any conflict
between the provisions of the Act, regulations or notices referred
to in sections 2 and 3, and
the provisions of any law, regulation,
notice or other measure having the force of law which applied in the
affected area immediately
prior to the commencement of the
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 (Act No. 200 of
1993), the provisions of
the Act, and the firstmentioned regulations
and notices shall prevail.
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- Short title
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- 5. This Act shall be
called the Environment Conservation Act Extension Act,
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1996.
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