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DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE Review of Heritage Legislation Final report (Volume 1) Prepared by: heritageAgencycc heritageAgencycc DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE Review of Heritage Legislation Page 2 Final report _____________________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS VOLUME 1...................................................................................................................................................... 5 Part I: Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 5 1 Terms of reference .............................................................................................................................. 5 2 Heritage laws under review ................................................................................................................. 5 3 Policies and other strategic documents............................................................................................... 6 4 Stakeholder consultation ..................................................................................................................... 6 5 Reference group.................................................................................................................................. 6 Part II: The constitutional framework......................................................................................................... 8 6 DAC’s heritage mandate ..................................................................................................................... 8 7 Co-operative government and inter-governmental relations ............................................................... 8 8 National legislative authority................................................................................................................ 9 9 Provincial legislative authority ............................................................................................................. 9 10 Local government legislative authority .............................................................................................. 10 11 Potential for conflict between national and provincial laws ............................................................... 10 12 National intervention in areas of exclusive provincial competence................................................... 13 13 National and provincial executive authority ....................................................................................... 13 14 Impact of national policy on provincial and local government ........................................................... 14 15 Provincial and local government authority......................................................................................... 14 16 Mechanisms for regulating the relationship between provincial and local government .................... 17 17 Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act, 2005 .......................................................................... 18 18 Intergovernmental mechanisms available to DAC ............................................................................ 22 Part III: Key policy challenges ................................................................................................................... 23 19 Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 23 heritageAgencycc DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE Review of Heritage Legislation Page 3 Final report _____________________________________________________________________________________ 20 Policy and legislation ......................................................................................................................... 23 21 Roles and responsibilities: a national integrated delivery framework................................................ 25 22 Policy gaps ........................................................................................................................................ 30 23 Summary of policy recommendations ...............................................................................................58 24 Conclusion......................................................................................................................................... 64 Part IV: Governance review of heritage institutions .............................................................................. 65 25 Institutional arrangements ................................................................................................................. 65 26 Principles of good governance .......................................................................................................... 65 27 Review of institutional arrangements................................................................................................. 68 28 Harmonisation of institutional processes and procedures................................................................. 75 29 Summary of recommendations on governance matters.................................................................... 76 Part V: Review of heritage laws................................................................................................................. 79 30 Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 79 31 Culture Promotion Act 35 of 1983 ..................................................................................................... 79 32 Cultural Institutions Act 119 of 1998.................................................................................................. 89 33 South African Geographical Names Council Act 118 of 1998......................................................... 107 34 National Heritage Council Act 11 of 1999 .......................................................................................118 35 National Heritage Resources Act 25 of 1999 .................................................................................. 131 36 National Council of Library and Information Services Act 6 of 2001............................................... 162 37 National Library of South Africa Act 92 of 1998 .............................................................................. 175 38 South African Library for the Blind Act 91 of 1998 ..........................................................................186 39 Legal Deposit Act 54 of 1997 .......................................................................................................... 196 40 National Archives and Records Service of South Africa Act 43 of 1996.........................................205 41 The Heraldry Act 18 of 1962............................................................................................................ 219 Part VI : International conventions.......................................................................................................... 231 42 Introduction...................................................................................................................................... 231 heritageAgencycc DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE Review of Heritage Legislation Page 4 Final report _____________________________________________________________________________________ 43 UNESCO convention concerning the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage, 16 November 1972 ............................................................................................................................... 232 44 UNESCO convention for the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict, 14 May 1954 ......................................................................................................................................... 236 45 UNESCO convention on the means of prohibiting and preventing the illicit import, export and transfer of ownership of cultural property, 14 November 1970 ....................................................... 238 46 UNESCO convention on the protection of the underwater cultural heritage, 2 November 2001 .... 239 47 UNESCO convention for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage, 17 October 2003 ... 240 48 UNIDROIT convention on stolen or illegally exported cultural objects, 24 June 1995.................... 247 49 UNESCO convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions, 20 October 2005.............................................................................................................................. 248 50 UNESCO Charter on the preservation of the digital heritage, 17 October 2003............................. 250 51 UNESCO memory of the world: general guidelines to safeguard documentary heritage, February 2002 ................................................................................................................................. 250 52 Summary of recommendations on International Conventions ........................................................ 250 53 Conclusion....................................................................................................................................... 253 heritageAgencycc DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE Review of Heritage Legislation Page 5 Final report _____________________________________________________________________________________ VOLUME 1 Part I: Introduction 1 Terms