Section 25: Submission of fresh EIA
consolidated text (as at 2017, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
25. Submission of fresh EIA
(1) The Minister may, at any time after the issue of an EIA licence, issue
a direction to the licensee requiring him to submit a fresh EIA in respect of
his undertaking within such time as may be specified.
(2) A direction under subsection (1) may be issued where, in the opinion
of the Minister—
(a) the undertaking is, or is likely to be, a source of pollution to the
environment;
(b) there is a substantial change or modification in the undertaking,
or in the manner in which the undertaking is being operated;
(c) the undertaking poses a threat to the environment; or
(d) the circumstances of the undertaking with regard to its surrounding environment so require.
(3) A licensee who fails to comply with a direction issued under subsection (1) shall commit an offence and the Court may, on conviction, in addition to the penalty provided in section 85, cancel his EIA licence or suspend
it for a period not exceeding one year.
[S. 25 amended by s. 14 of Act 6 of 2008 w.e.f. 15 July 2008.]