without the concurrence of the Tribal Land Board for that Tribal Territory,
(5) Any person who desires to remove from its original site or to export from Botswana
any national monument, monument, relic or recent artefact, or any part thereof shall, when
applying to the Minister for his consent, supply the Minister with a drawing or photograph of
the national monument, monument, relic or recent artefact, in question, and shall state the
exact locality in which it is situated and the place to which and the purpose for which he
desires to remove or export it.
(6) Any permission or consent, given in terms of this section, may at any time be
withdrawn if any person has, in an application to the Minister for his permission or consent,
knowingly made any statement which is false in any material particular or supplied therewith
any drawing or photograph which is false in any material particular.
19.
Pre-development impact assessment
(1) For the purposes of this section:
"pre-development archaeological impact assessment" means(a)
the study, by an archaeologist, of an area in which development or any ground
disturbing activity is to be carried out, to determine the likelihood of the
development or activity impacting negatively on any cultural material or evidence
that may be present in the area to be disturbed; and
(b)
any recommendation made by the archaeologist on how to prevent or mitigate any
negative impact to the cultural material or evidence referred to under paragraph (a);
and
"environmental impact assessment study" means the study of an area in which
development or any ground disturbing activity is to be carried out, to(a)
determine the possible extent of damage to the natural environment;
(b)
determine means to(i)
preserve as far as is possible, the natural environment;
(ii)
minimize and control waste or undue loss of or damage to natural and
biological resources;
(iii)
prevent, and where inevitable, promptly treat pollution or contamination of the
environment.
(2) Both an archaeological pre-development impact assessment study and an
environmental impact assessment study, shall be caused to be done by any person wishing
to undertake major development, such as construction or excavation, for the purposes of
mineral exploration and prospecting, mining, laying of pipelines, construction of roads or
dams, or erection of any other structure, which will physically disturb the earth's surface.
(3) A report from the studies conducted in terms of subsection (2), shall be furnished to
the Commissioner within 60 days of completion of both studies, together with a written
application for the development of the area in which the studies have been conducted.
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