Land

• National Environment Management Act (107 of 1998)
• Health Act (63 of 1977)
• Hazardous Substances Act (115 of 1973)
• Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act (54 of 1972)
• Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act (28 of 2002)
• Nuclear Energy Act (46 of 1999)
• National Nuclear Regulator Act (47 of 1999)
• Occupational Health and Safety Act (85 of 1993)
• National Environmental Management: Waste Act (59 of 2008)

Air

• National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act (39 of 2004)

Noise

• Noise Control Regulations (Such regulations only exist in Gauteng and the Western Cape in terms of GenN 5479 in Provincial gazette No. 75 of 20 August 1999 and PN 627 in Provincial Gazette No. 5309 of 20 November 1998 respectively)
• Aviation Act (74 of 1962)
• Road Traffic Act (29 of 1989)

Water

Fresh Water

• National Water Act (36 of 1998)
• Water Services Act (108 of 1997)
• National Environment Management Act (107 of 1998)
• Health Act 63 of 1977 (Section 20 (1)(c))

Sea Water

• Sea Shore Act (21 of 1935)
• Maritime Zones Act (15 of 1994)
• Traffic Act (2 of 1981)
• Merchant Shipping Act (57 of 1951)
• Wreck and Salvage Act (94 of 1996)
• Marine Pollution (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act (2 of 1986)
• Marine Pollution (Intervention) Act (64 of 1987)
• Marine Pollution (Control and Civil Liability) Act (6 of 1981)
• Dumping at Sea Control Act (73 of 1980)
• Regulations 86 and 87, 1 1 in Government Gazette No. 19205 of 2 September 1998 (promulgated in terms of Marine Living Resources Act (18 of 1998)
• National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act (24 of 2008). This Act has repealed the Sea Shore Act and the Dumping at Sea Control Act with effect from a date to be proclaimed.