Government Gazette 29 December 2004
No.3361
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NATIONAL HERITAGE ACT, 2004
Act No. 27, 2004
"heritage" means places and objects of heritage significance;
"heritage significance" means aesthetic, archaeological, architectural, cultural, historical,
scientific or social significance;
"land" includes any right to, privilege over, claim to, or any interest, whether corporeal
or incorporeal, in the land or proceeds derived from that land;
"listed building" means a building included in the Register under section 53 as a listed
building, and "listing" has a corresponding meaning;
"local authority" means a local authority council as defined in the Local Authorities Act,
1992 (Act. No 23 of 1992);
"local authority area" has the meaning assigned in the Local Authorities Act, 1992;
"Minister" means the Minister responsible for Culture;
"object" means any movable article, and includes
(a)
an archaeological
(b)
palaeontological
(c)
meteorites;
(d)
ethnographic art objects;
(e)
military objects;
(f)
objects of decorative or fine art;
(g)
objects of scientific or technological interest;
(h)
books, records, documents, photographic positives and negatives, film, or
video material or sound recordings, excluding those that are public records
to which the Archives Act, 1992 (Act No. 12 of 1992) applies;
"owner" includes
(a)
object;
and rare geological objects;
in relation to land situated in a communal land area as defined in the
Communal Land Reform Act, 2002 (Act No.5 of 2002)
(i)
the person who holds a right in respect of that land under that Act; or
(ii)
if no person holds such a right in respect of the land, the Communal
Land Board having jurisdiction under that Act in that area;
(b)
in relation to other State land, means the Minister or public authority that
manages or controls the land;
(c)
in relation to allY land or other property, a person wllu in terms of any law
(i)
has a right, privilege, claim to; or
(ii)
holds any security over or interests in,
the property or proceeds from the property; or