| (a) | appoint a registered environmental assessment practitioner who meets the requirements of regulation 13 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, read in the context of the Standard, to develop a farm-level management plan in accordance with the requirements as set out in this Standard; |
| (b) | notify his or her intention to register, in writing, and provide a copy of the draft farm-level management plan to— |
| (i) | the landowner or person in control of the farm unit to which the proposed registration relates, if the proponent is not the landowner or person in control of that farm unit; |
| (ii) | all the owners and persons in control of any land that shares a common boundary with the farm unit to which the proposed registration relates; |
| (iii) | the department responsible for agriculture in the Province; |
| (iv) | the department responsible for water resources and / or the relevant Catchment Management Agency; and |
and provide a 30-day comment period; and
| (c) | after conclusion of the process contemplated in subparagraph (1)(b), submit the following documents to the competent authority for the purposes of registration in accordance with the requirements set out in this Standard: |
| (i) | the completed registration form as contemplated in Annexure 5; |
| (ii) | declarations, including declarations from an environmental assessment practitioner and every specialist, as contemplated in Annexure 6; and |
| (iii) | the farm-level management plan. |
| (2) | The competent authority must,within 30 days of receipt of the request to register as contemplated in subparagraph (1)(c)— |
| (a) | register the project; or |
| (b) | refuse to register the project if— |
| (i) | the project does not fall within the scope of this Standard; or |
| (ii) | the request to register is incomplete. |
| (3) | The competent authority must inform the proponent that an appeal may be lodged against the decision contemplated in subparagraph (2) in terms of section 43 of the Act and the National Appeal Regulations. |
| (4) | The proponent must inform the stakeholders contemplated in subparagraph (1)(b) of the decision contemplated in subparagraph (2). |
| (5) | The proponent must ensure that proof of registration is available— |
| (a) | on the farm unit at all times; |
| (c) | where the proponent or owner has a website,on such publicly accessible website. |
| (6) | The registration lapses if the activities contemplated in Annexure 1 do not commence within five years of the date of registration, in which case a new registration may be requested in accordance with this paragraph. |
| (7) | The competent authority must keep a register of all exclusions registered in terms of this Standard and must make the register available on the website of the competent authority, which register must include at least the following: |
| (a) | the excluded identified activities and the location of such activities; |
| (b) | the name of the proponent; |
| (c) | the date of registration; and |
| (d) | the location at which the registration documents can be accessed. |
