The Constitutional Court dismissed an application by the South African Hunters and Game Conservation Association concerning amendments to the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Act. The judgment says the case concerned Parliament’s duty to facilitate public participation and the materiality of changes made to the definition of “well being” in the Biodiversity Act. The Court also ordered the applicant to pay the costs of the fourteenth and fifteenth respondents.
This may be relevant to public participation challenges and environmental law matters involving amendments to biodiversity legislation.
Evidence from source
The application is dismissed.
Supports: The Court’s order dismissing the application.
the Court should not in its discretion overlook the unreasonable delay.
Supports: The reason given for dismissing the application after considering delay.
the changes from the second version to the third version were material and that there should have been further public participation.
Supports: The subject matter of the public participation challenge.