Applicable legislation
38(8)
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Case Decision

Interim Comment
The SAHRA Archaeology, Palaeontology, and Meteorites (APM) Unit cannot provide comments on this development without the submission of the draft BAR to the case. In addition, SAHRA also requires an assessment of palaeontological resources by a suitably qualified palaeontologist. The study area is underlain by Very High sensitive region on the Palaeomap and according to the Palaeomap policy requires a field based palaeontological assessment of all applications that trigger section38(8) of the NHRA.The Palaeontology Impact Assessment (PIA) must be provided to SAHRA prior to the submission of the final BAR to the competent authority. All these documents will be assessed by SAHRA and the comment issued must be included in the final BAR.