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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the— ● National Environmental Management Act, 1998, so as to correct the citation to the definition of ‘‘Constitution’’; to correct the definition of ‘‘environmental mineral resources inspector’’; to provide clarity to the definition of ‘‘financial provision’’;  to  add  a  new  environmental  management  principle  promoting diversity   in   the   environmental   management   sector;   to   provide   clarity pertaining  to  the  regulations  that  can  be  made  for  the  procedure  for  the preparation, evaluation and adoption of environmental management instru- ments; to provide for a register of all environmental management instruments adopted in terms of the Act; to provide clarity that the Minister responsible for...]]></description>
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