Petroleum Pipelines Act, 2003 (Act No. 60 of 2003)NoticesPetroleum Pipelines Act: Rules, 2026Chapter 2 : Applications and Objections to Licence Applications8. Publishing a notice of a licence application and the contents thereof |
| (1) | An applicant for a licence must only publish a notice of a licence application after: |
| (a) | it has received confirmation from NERSA in terms of Rule 7(4) that the application meets the application requirements and is accepted by NERSA; and |
| (b) | where applicable, it has been informed of NERSA's decision regarding its application for the confidential treatment of information in its licence application. |
| (2) | The notice contemplated in Rule 8(1) must be in — |
| (a) | at least two newspapers (online or physical publications) circulating in the area of the proposed activity; and |
| (b) | in any two official languages commonly spoken in the area of the proposed activity, one of which must be English. |
| (3) | The applicant must on the day of publication of the notice contemplated in Rule 8(1) above, forward copies thereof to NERSA to the addresses and numbers specified in Rule 2 of these Rules. |
| (4) | If NERSA deems it necessary considering the specific characteristics of an application, it may direct an applicant for a licence to publish the notice contemplated in rule 8(1) above, in more than one issue of a newspaper, but not exceeding four issues, or on more than one day, but not exceeding six days. |
| (5) | A notice of a licence application published in terms of these Rules must comply with all requirements listed in section 17(2) of the Act and must: |
| (a) | state that the licence application will be accessible to members of the public: |
| (i) | for a period of 30 days from the date of publication of the notice of the application excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays and only during office hours; |
| (ii) | at the offices of: |
| (aa) | the applicant and must state the address, telephone number and the name of the contact person at the offices of the applicant, and |
| (bb) | of the Energy Regulator at the address specified in Rule 2(a) of these Rules, and |
| (iii) | on the website of: |
| (aa) | the applicant, where available, and |
| (bb) | the Energy Regulator; |
| (b) | state that although the 30 days’ period specified in sub-rule (5)(a)(i) above includes all Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from the day of publication, public access to the offices specified in sub-rule (5)(a)(ii) will not be available on such days; |
| (c) | state the application reference number issued by NERSA; |
| (d) | indicate that NERSA will disregard objections received after the closing date; and |
| (e) | state that: |
| (i) | persons who wish to lodge objections must do so by completing Form D, which is available on NERSA’s website or at the NERSA offices at the address specified in rule 2(a) of these Rules, and |
| (ii) | objections must be delivered by hand, sent by registered post, sent electronically or sent by fax to the addresses and numbers specified in rule 2 of these Rules. |