The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, in terms of sections 18(1), 18(3), 69(1)(b), (g), (i), (I), (o), (dd) and (ee), 72 and 73 of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008), has given notice of his intention to amend the Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations, 2020 (EPR Regulations) and the associated Notices in respect of the extended producer responsibility scheme for the electrical and electronic equipment products, the lighting sector and the paper, packaging and some single use products, published under Government Notices R.1184, R.1185, R.1186 and R.1187, in Government Gazettes 43879, 43880, 43881 and 43882 of 5 November 2020 respectively as set out in the Schedule

Members of the public are invited to submit written representations or objections to the proposed amendments, within 30 days from the date of publication of this Notice in the Government Gazette, or in a national newspaper, whichever is the later date.

Get access to a comprehensive library of legislation spanning local, provincial, national and African law that is always up-to-date.

Build an OHS or environmental legal register or create an aspect impact register linking relevant legislation directly from your library.

Assess your registers by various custom criteria and formulae that include: evaluating compliance and determining significance.

Generate and print detailed reports that include, but are not limited to: your current library, compliance or risk status.

Providing the most accessible, accurate and up-to-date digital law to South Africa's companies has been the bedrock of our philosophy since 1991 when we published our first digital act, OHS.

We now publish over 600 law titles spanning national, provincial and municipal acts, regulations, ordinances and by-laws. A growing African SHEQ library is also available for those who operate abroad.

Law changes happen every day. Legal registers based on such laws will invariably be out-of-date within the quarter that they are printed. Without a system that automatically responds to law updates, there will undoubtedly be large amounts of billable hours incurred to periodically refresh the registers by third parties. By updating the register in-house such costs are virtually eliminated.

The timeous response to legal amendments affords the company the ability to align with developing requirements swiftly, and thus reduce the risk to the employees and the legal costs associated with non-compliance.

DLEX puts the power in your hands by providing you with a comprehensive legal compliance platform for managing the laws and regulations that govern your company's operations. Armed with all the necessary tools to create a statement of compliance and ensure continued commitment.

DLEX is part of a continual improvement process as defined in popular standards. It simplifies this process by allowing you to organise your company's applicable legal and other requirements in one knowledge base that can be monitored and assessed by various criteria that include; evaluating compliance and determining significance.

Assessing is not only critical to determining new obligations that pose a significant risk to your company, but also monitoring compliance with your existing legal and other requirements.

The DLEX Assessment Manager provides you with the facility to visually identify the significant topics within your register utilising custom criteria and formulae.

DLEX provides you with a comprehensive system for monitoring your company's legal obligations. As soon as law is amended, DLEX will provide you with clear notifications of the affected law extracts used in your legal register and a side-by-side comparison showing the 'old vs new' legislation.

The benefits are invaluable. Being constantly made aware of law changes and where your legal register and business operations are impacted, will maximize your ability to show compliance, while allowing you to react quickly in areas where action may be required.