National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998)Chapter 6 : General Powers and Duties of Minister and Director-GeneralPart 2 : General provisions regarding regulations69. Making of regulations |
| (a) | publish a notice in the Gazette— |
| (i) | setting out the draft regulations; and |
| (ii) | inviting written comments to be submitted on the proposed regulations, specifying an address to which and a date before which the comments must be submitted, which date may not be earlier than 60 days after publication of the notice; |
| (b) | consider what further steps, if any, are appropriate to bring the contents of the notice to the attention of interested persons, and take those steps which the Minister considers to be appropriate; and |
| (c) | consider all comments received on or before the date specified in paragraph (a)(ii); and |
| (d) | on request by the National Assembly or the National Council of Provinces or a committee of the National Assembly or the National Council of Provinces report the extent to which a specific comment has been taken into account, or if a comment was not taken into account, provide the reason why it was not taken into account. |
| (2) | Any regulation made under this Act may provide that a contravention of or failure to comply with a regulation is an offence and that any person found guilty of the offence is liable to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 5 years. |