No. 3966
Government Gazette 27 December 2007
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Act No. 7, 2007 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT, 2007
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REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA
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GOVERNMENT NOTICE
No. 232
Promulgation of Environmental Management Act, 2007 (Act No. 7 of 2007),
of the Parliament ..............................................................................................................
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Government Notice
OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER
No. 232
2007
PROMULGATION OF ACT
OF PARLIAMENT
The following Act which has been passed by the Parliament and signed by the President
in terms of the Namibian Constitution is hereby published in terms of Article 56 of that
Constitution.
No. 7 of 2007:
Environmental Management Act, 2007.
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Act No. 7, 2007 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT, 2007
ACT
To
to promote the sustainable management of the environment and the use of
natural resources by establishing principles for decision making on matters
affecting the environment; to establish the Sustainable Development Advisory
Council; to provide for the appointment of the Environmental Commissioner
and environmental officers; to provide for a process of assessment and control
of activities which may have significant effects on the environment; and to
provide for incidental matters.
(Signed by the President on 21 December 2007)
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Namibia, as follows:
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I
DEFINITIONS AND OBJECT OF ACT
1.
Definitions
2.
Object of Act
PART II
PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
3.
Principles of environmental management
PART III
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF MINISTER
4.
Functions of Minister
5.
Powers of Minister in respect of waste
PART IV
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL
6.
Establishment of Advisory Council
7.
Functions of Advisory Council
8.
Composition of Advisory Council
9.
Term of office of members of Advisory Council
10.
Vacation of office