Businesses urged to adhere to public health by-laws
Council determines tariffs annually.
As a result of the promulgation of the Public Health By-Laws on November 27, 2009, certain activities and premises now require Environmental Health permits.
These include hair dressers, beauty salons, child care services, accommodation establishments such as guesthouses, as well as trades such as panel beaters, scrapyards and spray painters.
Permits are also required for kennels, catteries and the keeping of poultry.
Furthermore, all food premises must be in possession of a Certificate of Acceptability (COA) which should be clearly displayed for the public according to Regulation R 962 (replacing R918) – Regulations Governing General Hygiene Requirements for Food Premises and the Transport of Food – (November 23, 2012), promulgated under the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act no 54 of 1972).
There are currently no costs involved with the issuing of such certificates.
Food premises should contact their local environmental health practitioner to arrange for an inspection in loco in order to issue a COA.
An application may be obtained in Brakpan from the Environmental Health Services office situate in the old Kingsway Clinic building, in Kingsway Avenue.
Brakpan residents can contact Dorcus Modiba on 011 999 8148 or Anna Mabukela on 011 999 6453 for more information.
The Public Health By Laws are available on www.ekurhuleni.gov.za
Below is a table of services or activities that require permits that involves costs.
The tariffs are applicable from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017.
Council determines tariffs annually.
Services and businesses are urged to contact the Environmental Health offices as soon as possible so that permits and certificates may be issued.
Any person operating a service or business without said permit may be liable for a fine of up to R2000 00.
Such permits get to be issued once the premises are found to be compliant with relevant legislations.
This implies that upon receipt of an application an inspection will be carried out by an Environmental Health
Practitioner who will set the requirements with which to be complied.
It will only be after the set requirements have been complied with that a permits will be issued.
Service tariffs
• Issuing of Export Certificate for Food Stuffs: R1021
• Issuing of a permit for a service to remove human excrement: R617
• Issuing of a permit for the installation of sewage works: R617
• Issuing of a permit for the conducting of an offensive trade: R617
• Issuing of a permit for the conducting of a hairdressing, beauty and/or cosmetology service: R617
• Issuing of a permit to conduct an accommodation establishment: R1121
• Issuing a permit to conduct a child care service: R617
• Issuing a permit for the keeping of poultry: R617
• Issuing of a permit for the keeping of rabbits: R617
• Issuing of a permit to conduct a dog kennel or cattery: R617
• Issuing of a permit to keep bees: R659
It is compulsory that premises operating all the above mentioned operations apply for permits and Certificates of Acceptability to operate in the City of Ekurhuleni.
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