Legislative Framework - National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute

Draft

Legislation

In terms of the provisions of section 21(c) of the Institute Act, the funds of the Institute consist of money transferred to the Institute from the Radioactive Waste Management Fund that must be established by an Act of Parliament.
The Department of Energy is in the process of drafting the Radioactive Waste Management Fund Bill to give effect to the provisions of Section 21(c) of the Institute Act.

Management of radioactive waste disposal on a national basis

Regulating The Institute

Acts

The Institute operates within the confines of the prescripts of other applicable South African laws. In this regard there are further obligations which are imposed by a myriad of other South African Acts ranging from constitutional, environmental, technical and labour related fields.