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(c) in accordance with regulations, on the request of the Minister, or within 10
years from the commencement of this Act, compile and submit to SAHRA,
information on and an inventory of such heritage resources;
(d) on the request of the Minister and in accordance with regulations, prepare
management plans for specified heritage resources;
(e) not take any action that adversely affects such a resource unless the authority
concerned is satisfied that there is no feasible and prudent alternative to the
taking of that action and that all measures that can reasonably be taken to
minimise the adverse effect will be taken;
(f) at the initiation of the planning process of the project, or at least 90 days
before taking any action that could adversely affect such heritage resource,
whichever is the greater, inform SAHRA of the proposed action and give them
a reasonable opportunity to consider and comment on it; and
(g) where the destruction of such heritage resources is permitted in terms of this
Act, record such resources in accordance with standards set by SAHRA and
undertake any other mitigating actions which may be required by SAHRA.
(4) Where SAHRA has been informed of a proposed action by a State Department or
supported body, it must, as soon as practicable, submit its comments to the Department
or supported body.
(5) An action for the purpose of this section shall be deemed to include the making of
a recommendation which, if adopted, would affect a heritage resource, the making of a
decision, the approval of a programme, the issue of a licence or the granting of a
permission.
(6) Compliance with subsection (3) does not exempt a State Department or supported
body from complying with requirements in terms of this Act, regarding any heritage
resource in its ownership which is protected in terms of this Act or equivalent provincial
legislation.
(7) The head of a government body at the national level of government must—
(a) inform SAHRA of his or her intention to destroy or delete any architectural or
technical drawings in whatever medium, as may be defined in the regulations
published by SAHRA in consultation with the National Archivist; and
(b) make such drawings available to SAHRA free of charge if requested by
SAHRA.
(8) The head of a government body at the provincial or local level of government
must—
(a) inform the provincial heritage resources authority of his or her intention to
destroy or delete any architectural or technical drawings in whatever medium;
and
(b) make such drawings available to a heritage resources authority free of charge.
(9) The Registrar of Deeds must inform SAHRA or the relevant heritage resources
authority, in a notice as prescribed, of the particulars of the registration of transfer or
subdivision of any place which is formally protected by such heritage resources
authority in terms of Part 1 of Chapter 2 of this Act, within 14 days of such registration.
(10) When—
(a) a place has been declared a national heritage site or a provincial heritage site
under section 27;
(b) a place has been designated a protected area under section 28;
(c) a place has been provisionally protected for a period longer than six months
under section 29;
(d) a place has been entered in a heritage register under section 30;
(e) a place has been included in a heritage area under section 31;
(f) a heritage agreement has been entered into in respect of a place for a period
exceeding six months under section 42;
(g) an order of no development under section 51(8) has been made in respect of
a place,
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