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the heritage resources authority concerned must furnish the Surveyor-General and the
Registrar of Deeds in whose deeds registry the land in question is registered with—
(i) a copy of the notice in the Gazette or the Provincial Gazette;
(ii) the particulars of the protection;
(iii) a copy of any survey, including any diagram or plan, made under section
25(2)(d); and
(iv) a copy of the relevant order of no development or of a heritage agreement.
(11) The Registrar of Deeds must—
(a) endorse the title deed of the place in question filed in the deeds office;
(b) make an entry in the appropriate registers and upon the owner’s title deed as
soon as it is lodged in the deeds office, relating to the particulars furnished in
terms of subsection (10);
(c) identify the area of the protected place; and
(d) clearly state the particulars of the protection order or heritage agreement.
(12) The Surveyor-General must—
(a) endorse upon the relevant records filed in his or her office an entry referring to
the notice furnished in terms of subsection (10); and
(b) state the particulars of the protection order or heritage agreement in broad
terms.
(13) (a) When—
(i) any notice is amended or withdrawn under section 27(7);
(ii) the designation of a protected area is withdrawn under section 28(1) or (2);
(iii) a provisional protection for a period longer than six months is withdrawn
under section 29(1)(b) or (2)(b);
(iv) an entry in a heritage register is amended or deleted;
(v) a place is excluded from a heritage area; or
(vi) an order of no development is amended or repealed under section 51(11),
the heritage resources authority concerned must furnish a copy of the notice or order to
the Registrar of Deeds and the Surveyor-General.
(b) The Registrar of Deeds must make the necessary endorsement upon the relevant
title deeds and in the appropriate registers.
(c) The Surveyor-General must make the necessary endorsement upon the relevant
records filed in his or her office.
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General principles of procedure
10. (1) The general principles of procedure set out in subsection (2) apply to any
decision regarding the administration and management of the national estate by an
authority to which a responsibility has been assigned in terms of section 7 and any other
competent authority to which functions and powers for the administration and
management of the national estate have been assigned or delegated, including any
decision—
(a) to formally protect a heritage resource by notice in the Gazette or Provincial
Gazette;
(b) to issue or not to issue a permit; and
(c) taken by any person or authority to whom an appeal is made.
(2) The decisions contemplated in subsection (1) must be taken in accordance with the
following general principles:
(a) The decisions must be consistent with the principles or policy set out in
section 5 or prescribed under section 6;
(b) a meeting at which decisions are taken, must be open to the public and the
agenda and minutes must be available for public scrutiny: Provided that when
there is good reason to do so, a matter may, by decision of the majority of
members present, be declared confidential and the discussion and minutes
may be excepted from public scrutiny;
(c) a person who may be affected by a decision has the right of appearance at such
meeting; and
(d) written reasons must be given for any decision upon request.
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