ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: MERCURY MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS GAZETTED
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06 February 2025
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Environmental Law
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SA Legal Academy
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries & the Environment has gazetted regulations on the management and phasing out of mercury. Immediately effective, the new regulations mark the culmination of a public consultation process begun in 2022. They:
- apply to:
- the sellers, distributors, importers and exporters of mercury
- the manufacturers and users of mercury-added products, and
- manufacturing processes in which mercury is used
- do not apply to mercury emissions and waste
- provide for a ‘phasing down’ of dental amalgam, and
- prescribe:
- registration and reporting procedures, as well as
- interim storage requirements.
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