Laws of South Africa

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Amendment of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Regulations (No. 1288 of 2004)

Regulation · Made 2004-10-29

Amendment of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Regulations (No. R. 349 of 2011)

Regulation · Made 2011-04-18

Coastal Management By-law, 2018

Act · Made 2018-10-30 · KwaZulu-Natal

Codes of Good Practice for the Minerals Industry (G.N. No. 446 of 2009)

Other · Made 2009-04-29

Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) Strategic Plan 2020 - 2025

policy · Made 2020

Exemption of organs of state from certain provisions of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (No. 288 of 2007)

Regulation · Made 2007-04-05

Government Immovable Asset Management Act (No. 19 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-11-22

Identification of Geographical Areas important for the Development of Strategic Gas Transmission Pipelines Infrastructure. Notice no. 143/2021

Other · Made 2021-02-26

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act: Regulations: Amendments

Regulation · Made 2024-04-29

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Regulations (No. 527 of 2004)

Regulation · Made 2004-04-23

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Royalty (Administration) Act, 2008 (No. 29 of 2008)

Act · Made 2008-11-21

Minerals and Energy Laws Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 11 of 2005)

Act · Made 2005-08-10

MPRDA 28 of 2002, consolidated

Other · Parliament

National Climate Change Response White Paper

policy · Made 2011-10

National Energy Regulator Act ( Act No. 40 of 2004)

Act · Made 2005-03-30

National Environmental Management Act: National standards for the extraction, flaring or recovery of landfill gas (GN. No. 924 of 2013)

Regulation · Made 2013-11-29

National Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 62 of 2008)

Act · Made 2009-01-05

National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008: list of waste management activities that have, or a likely to have, a detrimental effect on the environment; Amendment (No. R. 633 of 2015)

Regulation · Made 2015-07-24

Petroleum Pipelines Act, 2003 (No. 60 of 2003)

Act · Made 2004-05-31

Regulations for the Use of Water for Exploration and Production of Onshore Naturally Occurring Hydrocarbons that Require Stimulation Including Hydraulic Fracturing and Underground Coal Gasification to Extract and any Activity Incidental Thereto that may Impact Detrimentally on the Water Resource, 2021, n. 406

Regulation · Made 2021-05-07

Regulations for the Use of Water for Exploration and Production of Onshore Naturally Occurring Hydrocarbons that Require Stimulation Including Hydraulic Fracturing and Underground Coal Gasification to Extract and any Activity Incidental thereto that may Impact Detrimentally on the Water Resource, 2024 (NO. 5582 of 2024)

Regulation · Made 2024-11-22

Regulations Issued in Terms of Section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (NO. R. 480 of 2020)

Regulation · Made 2020-04-29

Regulations pertaining to the Financial Provision for the Rehabilitation and Closure and Post Closure of Prospecting, Exploration, Mining or Production Operations, 2014 (GN 940 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-10-31

Regulations pertaining to the Financial Provisioning for the Rehabilitation and Management of Negative Environmental Impacts Associated with Prospecting, Exploration, Mining and the Production of a Mineral, 2014 (GN 940 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-10-31

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Royalty Act 28 of 2008, consolidated

Act · Parliament

South Africa First Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement

policy · Made 2021-09

South Africa Green Economy Accord (New Growth Path - Accord 4)

policy · Made 2011

South Africa's Low Emission Development Strategy 2050

policy · Made 2020-02

Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Act 23 of 2024

Act · Made 2024-10-25