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(xxii)
(xxiii)
(xxiv)
(xxv)
(xxvi)
(xxvii)
(xxviii)
(xxix)
(xxx)
(xxxi)
(xxxii)
(xxxiii)
(xxxiv)
(xxxv)
(xxxvi)
(f) skills and techniques;
(g) indigenous knowledge systems; and
(h) the holistic approach to nature, society and social relationships; (xxi)
‘‘local authority’’ means a municipality as defined in section 10B of the Local
Government Transition Act, 1993 (Act No. 209 of 1993); (xxxii)
‘‘management’’, in relation to heritage resources, includes the conservation,
presentation and improvement of a place protected in terms of this Act; (v)
‘‘MEC’’, unless otherwise stated and insofar as a provision of this Act is
applicable in or in respect of a province, means the member of the executive
council of a province responsible for cultural matters; (xxii)
‘‘meteorite’’ means any naturally-occurring object of extraterrestrial origin;
(xxiii)
‘‘Minister’’ means the Minister responsible for arts and culture; (xxiv)
‘‘national estate’’ means the national estate as defined in section 3; (xxv)
‘‘national symbols’’ means any heraldic representation so determined under
section 5 of the Heraldry Act, 1963 (Act No. 18 of 1963); (xxvi)
‘‘object’’ means any movable property of cultural significance which may be
protected in terms of any provisions of this Act, including—
(a) any archaeological artefact;
(b) palaeontological and rare geological specimens;
(c) meteorites; and
(d) other objects referred to in section 3; (xvil)
‘‘owner’’ includes the owner’s authorised agent and any person with a real
interest in the property and—
(a) in the case of a place owned by the State or State-aided institutions, the
Minister or any other person or body of persons responsible for the care,
management or control of that place;
(b) in the case of tribal trust land, the recognised traditional authority; (x)
‘‘palaeontological’’ means any fossilised remains or fossil trace of animals or
plants which lived in the geological past, other than fossil fuels or fossiliferous
rock intended for industrial use, and any site which contains such fossilised
remains or trance; (xxxi)
‘‘place’’ includes—
(a) a site, area or region;
(b) a building or other structure which may include equipment, furniture,
fittings and articles associated with or connected with such building or
other structure;
(c) a group of buildings or other structures which may include equipment,
furniture, fittings and articles associated with or connected with such
group of buildings or other structures;
(d) an open space, including a public square, street or park; and
(e) in relation to the management of a place, includes the immediate
surroundings of a place; (xxxiii)
‘‘planning’’ means urban and regional planning, as contemplated in the
Physical Planning Act, 1991 (Act No. 125 of 1991), and provincial town
planning and land use planning legislation; (iii)
‘‘planning authority’’ means an office of the State, including a province, a
local authority or a regional authority, which is invested with a physical
planning capacity; (iv)
‘‘prescribe’’ means prescribed by regulation; (xvl)
‘‘presentation’’ includes—
(a) the exhibition or display of;
(b) the provision of access and guidance to;
(c) the provision, publication or display of information in relation to; and
(d) performances or oral presentations related to,
heritage resources protected in terms of this Act; (i)
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