139Additional penalties for contraventions of this Act
(1) If a person is convicted of cultivating land in contravention of this Act, the Minister
may—
(a) order the person to remove or destroy, within such period as the Minister may specify,
any crops grown illegally by him on the land; or
(b) cause any crops grown illegally by the person on the land to be reaped and delivered to
such person as the Minister may appoint.
(2) A court convicting a person of an offence under this Act may order him to do any or all
of the following—
(a) to take such remedial action, specified by the court on the advice of the Minister, as
may be necessary to restore the environment or any works affected by the offence;
(b) to reimburse the Minister for any remedial action taken by him;
(c) to pay compensation for any damage caused by the offence to any person.
(3) Any court of a magistrate shall have jurisdiction to make an order in terms of
subsection (2), whatever the amount.
140Regulations
(1) The Minister, in consultation with the Agency and any relevant Ministers, may make
regulations prescribing anything which by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or
which, in his opinion, is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving
effect to this Act.
(2) Regulations in terms of subsection (1) may provide for—
(a) environmental standards relating to air, water, soil, noise, vibrations, radiation,
effluents, emissions, waste and hazardous substances;
(b) the control or prohibition of activities and practices likely to deplete the ozone layer,
including restrictions or prohibitions on the use of any appliance, equipment or other
device that uses or contains ozone-depleting substances;
(c) the control or prohibition of activities and practices likely to cause pollution of the
environment;
(d) the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and genetic resources;
(e) the procedure for conducting environmental impact assessments;
(f) the manner in which an application for a pollution permit shall be made and the
information to be submitted with such application;
(g) the prohibition or restriction of the cultivation of land, the banks of public streams or
land adjacent to artificially conserved water;
(h) the conservation and protection of wetlands, and of the bed, banks or course of any
river or stream and any source of water;
(i) the protection and maintenance of any works constructed or measures carried out for
the management of the environment in terms of this Act;
(j) the prohibition of the use or possession of sleighs and other vehicles the use of which,
in the Minister’s opinion, is excessively injurious to the environment;
(k) the prohibition or restriction of the excavation or removal of clay, gravel or sand
deposits, including any overburden or top-soil;
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