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KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
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KwaZulu-Natal Heritage Act, No. 10 of 1997
Long title

To provide for the establishment of a statutory body to administer heritage conservation on behalf of the provincial government of KwaZulu-Natal, in particular the care for, maintenance, repair and management of historically important sites; architecturally important buildings; public monuments and memorials; military cemeteries and other important graves; traditional burial places; archaeological and palaeontological sites and artefacts; rock art; meteorites; historical shipwrecks, important cultural objects and trade therein, and the traditional building techniques of the people of the Province, by way of providing protections relevant to the type of site or artefact, and its relative significance; integration of protective measures into planning, development and local government systems and by providing for the establishment of educational, training, interpretive and tourism-related projects; and to provide for matters incidental hereto.

Table of contents
SECTION TITLE
1. Definitions
2. Establishment of Amafa aKwaZulu-Natali
3. Object of Amafa aKwaZulu-Natali
4. Heritage Resources
5. Constitution of the Council
6. Establishment of Committees
7. Powers, Functions, Rights and Duties of the Council
8. Inspection and Documentation
9. Admission of Guilt
10. Maintenance of registers
11. Identification and documentation of heritage resources
12. Assistance to individuals and communities
13. Appointment of staff and conditions of service
14. Employment of consultants
15. Provision of insurance
16. Delegation of powers
17. Rights and duties of other authorities and individuals
18. Applicability of national legislation and relations with other heritage bodies
19. Formal protections
20. [sic - no title - Focus: Provincial Landmarks]
21. [sic - no title - Focus: Heritage Objects]
22. [sic - no title - Focus: Heritage Registers and Listed Sites]
23. [sic - no title - Focus: Heritage Conservancies]
24. [sic - no title - Focus: Provisionally protected heritage resource]
25. [sic - no title - Focus: Sensitive sites as buffer areas]
26. General protections
27. Heritage resources management
28. Permits
29. Exemptions
30. Appeals
31. Appointments and powers of heritage inspectors
32. Offences and penalties
33. Admission of guilt and penalties for contravention of permits
34. Offences
35. Laying of charges
36. Jurisdiction of the magistrates court
37. Orders to make good
38. No-development orders
39. Community service
40. Forfeiture
41. Exemption from duties, taxes and fees
42. Notices in the Provincial Gazette
43. Delegation of powers by the Minister
44. Bylaws by local authorities
45. Limitations of liability
46. Legal succession
47. Repeal of law
48. Short title and commencement

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