Title: National Environmental Management Act, 107 of 1998: Extension of the Commencement Date of the Regulations to Domesticate the Requirements of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, 2023 

Gazette reference: GN 4961 in GG 50802 of 11 June 2024 

Commencement date: 2 April 2026 

The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment in terms of sections 25(3) and 44 of the National Environmental Management Act, extended the commencement date of the Regulations to domesticate the requirements of the Rotterdam Convention on the prior informed consent procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in the international trade, 2023 to commence on 2 April 2026.