Government Gazette REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA Vol. 476 Cape Town 24 February 2005 No. 27318 THE PRESIDENCY No. 163 24 February 2005 It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act, which is hereby published for general information:– No. 39 of 2004: National Environment Management: Air Quality Act, 2004. AIDS HELPLINE: 0800-123-22 Prevention is the cure 2 No. 27318 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24 FEBRUARY 2005 Act No. 39,2004 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT: AIR QUALITY ACT. 2004 (English text signed by the President.) (Assented to 19 February 2005.) ACT To reform the law regulating air quality in order to protect the environment by providing reasonable measures for the prevention of pollution and ecological degradation and for securing ecologically sustainable development while promoting justifiable economic and social development; to provide for national norms and standards regulating air quality monitoring, management and control by all spheres of government; for spec...