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A Critical Analysis of the Legal Provisions for Responding to Environmental Emergency Incidents in South Africa, with Particular Emphasis on the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) Emergency Provisions
The aim of this thesis is to examine the legislative provisions relating to emergency incidents in South Africa and to determine whether they provide an adequate and effective national response mechanism for dealing with such incidents, as well as legal and other related issues, which arise as a con...
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| description | The aim of this thesis is to examine the legislative provisions relating to emergency incidents in South Africa and to determine whether they provide an adequate and effective national response mechanism for dealing with such incidents, as well as legal and other related issues, which arise as a consequence thereof, such as liability for damage to the environment and property; injury to persons; and compensation. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/4468 A Critical Analysis of the Legal Provisions for Responding to Environmental Emergency Incidents in South Africa, with Particular Emphasis on the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) Emergency Provisions Chiti, Lannette The aim of this thesis is to examine the legislative provisions relating to emergency incidents in South Africa and to determine whether they provide an adequate and effective national response mechanism for dealing with such incidents, as well as legal and other related issues, which arise as a consequence thereof, such as liability for damage to the environment and property; injury to persons; and compensation. 2014-07-30T18:01:07Z 2014-07-30T18:01:07Z 2014-07-30 Master Thesis Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4468 en application/pdf Institute of Marine and Environmental Law Faculty of Law University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Chiti, Lannette A Critical Analysis of the Legal Provisions for Responding to Environmental Emergency Incidents in South Africa, with Particular Emphasis on the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) Emergency Provisions |
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| title | A Critical Analysis of the Legal Provisions for Responding to Environmental Emergency Incidents in South Africa, with Particular Emphasis on the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) Emergency Provisions |
| title_full | A Critical Analysis of the Legal Provisions for Responding to Environmental Emergency Incidents in South Africa, with Particular Emphasis on the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) Emergency Provisions |
| title_fullStr | A Critical Analysis of the Legal Provisions for Responding to Environmental Emergency Incidents in South Africa, with Particular Emphasis on the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) Emergency Provisions |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Critical Analysis of the Legal Provisions for Responding to Environmental Emergency Incidents in South Africa, with Particular Emphasis on the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) Emergency Provisions |
| title_short | A Critical Analysis of the Legal Provisions for Responding to Environmental Emergency Incidents in South Africa, with Particular Emphasis on the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) Emergency Provisions |
| title_sort | critical analysis of the legal provisions for responding to environmental emergency incidents in south africa with particular emphasis on the national environmental management act nema emergency provisions |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4468 |
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