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No. 3 of 2004 |
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AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT |
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OF A BODY CORPORATE TO BE KNOWN AS |
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THE CLIFTON HERITAGE AUTHORITY TO HAVE |
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RESPONSIBILITY FOR MANAGING AND |
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PRESERVING THAT AREA KNOWN AS |
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CLIFTON HERITAGE AS A NATIONAL PARK AND |
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HISTORICAL SITE AND |
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FOR MATTERS INCIDENTAL |
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[Date of Assent - 24th June, 2004] |
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Enacted by the Parliament of The Bahamas. |
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1.
This Act may be cited as The
Clifton Heritage Authority Act, 2004 and shall come into force on
such date as the Minister may appoint
by notice published in the
Gazette.
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Short title and commencement. |
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2.
In this Act,
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Interpretation. |
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"antiquity" has the meaning ascribed to it in the Antiquities, Monuments and Museum Act; |
Ch. 51 |
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"artifact" has the meaning ascribed to it in the Antiquities, Monuments and Museum Act; |
Ch. 51 |
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"Clifton Heritage" means the property known as Clifton Cay and more particularly described in the First Schedule; "Minister" means the Minister responsible for Antiquities, Monuments and Museums. |
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3.(1)
There is hereby established a
body corporate to be known as The Clifton Heritage Authority to
which shall be transferred the property
specified in the First
Schedule.
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Establishment of Clifton Heritage Authority. |
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(2)
Clifton Heritage is hereby
declared an inalienable part of the national patrimony of The
Bahamas to be held in trust by the Clifton
Heritage Authority for
the use and benefit of the people of The Bahamas.
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(3)
The Second Schedule has effect
with respect to the constitution and proceedings of the Clifton
Heritage Authority and otherwise in
relation thereto.
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Second Schedule. |
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4.
The functions of The Clifton
Heritage Authority are -
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Functions of the Clifton Heritage Authority. |
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(a)
to hold, manage, maintain,
preserve, promote and develop Clifton Heritage as a national park
and historic cultural heritage site;
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(b)
to preserve, construct, manage
and maintain buildings, parks, waterways, nature reserves and
nature trails at Clifton Heritage;
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(c)
to establish and implement a
policy and plan for the management and development of Clifton
Heritage;
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(d)
to conserve, restore, present and
display the monuments and archaeological sites of Clifton Heritage
and its collections of antiquities
and artifacts;
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(e)
to interact with national and
international organizations concerned with setting standards in the
management and operation of national
parks and cultural heritage
sites;
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(f)
to conduct archaeological
investigations, explorations and excavations of Clifton Heritage
utilizing methods and techniques of the
highest standards and to
employ best practices in the conduct of all archaeological
activities;
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(g)
to establish and implement a
strategic business plan to identify and seek dedicated and
sustainable funding for Clifton Heritage and
to allocate the
financial and other resources necessary for its management and
development;
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(h)
to foster and encourage public
interest in the history, archaeology, antiquities and artifacts of
Clifton Heritage through exhibitions,
guided tours, nature trails,
lectures, seminars, research programs, school programs and other
educational activities and services;
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(i)
to document the significance of
Clifton Heritage and maintain proper inventories and records of all
of its antiquities and artifacts;
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(j)
to promote Clifton Heritage as a
national and world heritage resource and as a cultural tourism
destination; and to liaise with relevant
government and
non-government agencies in that regard;
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(k)
to utilize technology and media
to facilitate the execution of its functions;
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(l)
to establish a cultural resource
center at Clifton Heritage with a Clifton Heritage shop to promote
the display and sale of souvenirs,
books, pamphlets, prints,
posters, audio-visual aids, and reproductions of original
antiquities and artifacts of Clifton Heritage;
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(m)
to license the execution of all
molds and models of antiquities discovered at Clifton Heritage and
to authorize all reproductions
of artifacts using print and other
media.
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5.
The Clifton Heritage Authority
has the power to do all such acts as are incidental to the proper
discharge of its functions and duties
or as appear to it to be
requisite, advantageous or convenient for or in connection with the
execution of its functions and duties
and may carry on any
activities in that behalf either alone or in association with any
other person.
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Powers of The Clifton Heritage Authority. |
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(2)
Without limiting the
generality of subsection (1), the Clifton Heritage Authority has
the power -
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(a)
to acquire all interests and
liabilities held by the Government of The Bahamas with respect to
that land specified in the First Schedule;
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(b)
to open bank accounts in its name
and to prepare budgets;
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(c)
to raise funds and invite and
receive contributions and gifts from any person or organization by
way of donation, loan or otherwise
for the enrichment, management
and development of Clifton Heritage;
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(d)
to launch appeals to the public
for financial or other support for Clifton Heritage;
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(e)
to enter into archaeological and
other joint ventures with persons and entities of international and
unimpeachable repute;
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(f)
to control access by the public
to Clifton Heritage including the movement of pedestrian or
vehicular traffic and to regulate, as
the Clifton Heritage
Authority considers necessary in the public interest and for the
preservation and management of Clifton Heritage,
the passage of any
person or type or class of vehicular traffic;
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(g)
subject to the approval of the
Minister, by order in the Gazette, to impose charges or fees for
the use of the facilities.
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6.(1)
The funds, revenues and
resources of the Clifton Heritage Authority shall consist of
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Funds and revenue. |
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(a)
any moneys as from time to time
are provided by Parliament;
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(b)
any moneys as from time to time
accrue to the Clifton Heritage Authority from the management of
Clifton Heritage;
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(c)
any moneys as from time to time
are borrowed by the Clifton Heritage Authority or raised by the
Clifton Heritage Authority pursuant
to section 10;
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(d)
any moneys as from time to time
are advanced to the Clifton Heritage Authority pursuant to section
10;
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(e)
all other moneys or property
which may in any manner become payable to or vested in the
Authority in respect of any matter incidental
to its
functions.
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(2)
Funds and revenues of the
Clifton Heritage Authority shall be applied in the discharge of all
expenditure properly incurred in the
carrying out of its functions
in the repayment of any sums borrowed under section 10, and any
interest payable in respect of those
sums, in the payment of
interest on bonds and dividends on shares and stock issued under
section 10, for the disbursements towards
the remuneration and
allowances to the officers, employees and members of the Clifton
Heritage Authority, to capital improvements,
including restoration,
modifications, repairs and renovations, to repayment of any advance
made under section 11 and the payment
of any sums issued in
fulfillment of any guarantee given under section 11 as determined
by the Clifton Heritage Authority.
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7.(1)
All moneys received by the
Clifton Heritage Authority pursuant to section 6 shall be deposited
into an account (to be known as "the
General Account") to be
maintained by the Clifton Heritage Authority as the Clifton
Heritage Authority may determine.
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General Account. |
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(2)
The Clifton Heritage Authority
shall keep in respect of the General Account two separate accounts
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(a)
an account to be known as "the
General Current Account" in which shall be recorded all deposits
into and withdrawals from the General
Account for application
towards defraying current expenditure; and
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(b)
an account to be known as "the
General Capital Account" in which shall be recorded all deposits
into and withdrawals from the General
Account for application
towards defraying capital expenditure.
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8.
At the end of each financial
year any moneys standing to the credit of the Clifton Heritage
Authority and not required for any current
purposes shall, after
consultation with the Minister of Finance, be paid into the reserve
fund established under section 9.
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Surplus funds. |
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9.(1)
The Clifton Heritage Authority
shall establish a reserve fund.
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Reserve fund. |
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(2)
The management of the reserve
fund, the sums to be carried from time to time to the credit
thereof, and the application thereof, shall
be as the Clifton
Heritage Authority may determine, but no part of the reserve fund
shall be applied otherwise than for the purposes
of the Clifton
Heritage Authority.
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10.(1)
The Clifton Heritage Authority
may, with the prior approval of the Minister after the Minister has
consulted with the Minister of
Finance, borrow or raise capital
required by it for meeting any of its obligations or discharging
any of its functions and may in
respect of any borrowing issue
debentures, debenture stock or raise capital by the issue of bonds,
shares or stock of such class
and value upon such terms as the
Clifton Heritage Authority may deem expedient.
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Borrowing and raising capital. |
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(2)
An approval given for the
purposes of subsection (1) may be either general or limited to a
particular borrowing or otherwise and may
he either unconditional
or subject to conditions.
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(3)
The Clifton Heritage Authority
may, with the prior approval of the Minister, make regulations to
provide for such matters in connection
with bonds, shares, stocks,
debentures or debenture stock issued under this Act as may appear
necessary or expedient to the Clifton
Heritage Authority, and, in
particular, for regulating the method of issue, transfer,
redemption, or other dealing with such bonds,
shares, stocks,
debentures or debenture stock.
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11.(1)
Subject to subsection (3) the
Minister of Finance may make advances to the Clifton Heritage
Authority for the purposes of enabling
the Clifton Heritage
Authority to defray expenditure properly chargeable to its account,
including provision of working capital.
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Advances and guarantee of borrowings. |
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(2)
Subject to subsection (3) the
Minister of Finance may guarantee, in writing on any such condition
as he thinks fit, the repayment
of the principal of, and the
payment of interest and other charges on, any borrowings of the
Clifton Heritage Authority pursuant
to section 10.
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(3)
No advances shall be made and
no guarantee shall be given under this section unless prior
approval thereof has been signified by the
House of Assembly in
accordance with section 17 of the Financial Administration and
Audit Act.
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Ch. 359. |
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(4)
Where a sum is paid pursuant
to a guarantee given under this section, the Minister of Finance
shall as soon as possible after the
end of each financial year
beginning with that in which the sum is issued and ending with that
in which all liability in respect
of the principal of the sum and
in respect of interest thereof is finally discharged, lay before
the House of Assembly a statement
relating to that sum.
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(5)
A sum required by the Minister
of Finance for making an advance and discharging a guarantee under
this section shall be charged on
and issued out of the Consolidated
fund.
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12.(1)
The Clifton Heritage Authority
shall make to the Minister of Finance at such times and in such
manner as the Minister of Finance may
direct payments of any amount
as may be so directed in or towards repayment of an advance made to
the Clifton Heritage Authority
under section 10 and of any sums
issued in fulfillment of a guarantee given under section 11 and
payments of interest on what is outstanding for the time being on
any sums so issued at such rate as the Minister of Finance
may
direct, and different rates of interest may be directed with
respect to different periods.
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Payment of, and interest on advances and sums issued to meet guarantee. |
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(2)
The Minister of Finance shall
lay before the House of Assembly a statement of any payments due
from the Clifton Heritage Authority
under subsection (1) that is
not duly paid to him as required thereunder.
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13.(1)
Subject to subsection (2),
where any gift, grant or other property is received by the Clifton
Heritage Authority for the benefit of
Clifton Heritage, the Clifton
Heritage Authority shall inform the Minister of the receipt of that
gift, grant or other property and
that gift, grant or other
property shall be utilised in such manner as the Clifton Heritage
Authority may determine.
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Gifts and grants. |
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(2)
Where a stipulation has been
attached to any such gift, grant or other property such stipulation
shall be given effect.
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14.(1)
The Clifton Heritage Authority
shall prepare for each new financial year an annual budget of
revenue and expenditure which shall be
submitted to the Minister at
least two months prior to the commencement of the financial
year.
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Accounts and audit. |
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(2)
The Clifton Heritage Authority
shall keep proper accounts and other records in relation thereto
and shall prepare in respect of each
financial year of the Clifton
Heritage Authority a statement of accounts.
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(3)
The accounts of the Clifton
Heritage Authority for each financial year shall in the year
following be audited by a public accountant
licensed under the
Public Accountants Act, and appointed by the Minister.
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Ch. 364. |
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(4)
Three months after the end of
each financial year, the Clifton Heritage Authority shall submit a
copy of the audited accounts to the
Minister together with a copy
of any report made by the auditor.
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(5)
The Minister shall lay a copy
of every such audited accounts before each House of Parliament
together with a copy of any report made
by the auditor on the
accounts.
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15.
The Clifton Heritage Authority
shall, after consultation with the Minister -
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Management and staff. |
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(a)
appoint on such terms and
conditions as it thinks fit, a Director w ho shall be the managing
director of Clifton Heritage and responsible
for its day to day
administration;
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(b)
appoint on such terms and
conditions as it thinks fit, a curator who shall be responsible for
preserving and exhibiting the monuments,
sites and collections of
antiquities and artifacts of the Clifton Heritage Authority;
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(c)
appoint, such other professional,
technical, administrative and other staff as appear to the Clifton
Heritage Authority to be necessary
on such terms and conditions
(including salaries allowances and other remuneration and
disciplinary control) as the Clifton Heritage
Authority may
determine.
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16.
The Minister may give to the
Clifton Heritage Authority directions of a general or a specific
nature as to the policy to be followed
by the Clifton Heritage
Authority in the performance of its functions as appear to the
Minister to be in the public interest, and
the Clifton Heritage
Authority shall give effect to these directions.
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Directions. |
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17.(1)
Where any public officer
holding a pensionable office under the Government ceases to be the
holder of such office by reason of his
transfer with his consent to
the service of the Clifton Heritage Authority and such person
subsequently retires from the service
of the Clifton Heritage
Authority in such circumstances that, had he remained a public
officer, he would have been eligible for pension
under the
provisions of the Pensions Act, then, in any such case, the
provisions of subsections (2) and (3) shall have effect.
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Pensions. Ch. 43 |
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(2)
Any pension payable to any
such person as is mentioned in subsection (1) by the Clifton
Heritage Authority to whose service he has
been transferred, shall
be calculated and granted to him in respect of his total service
under the Government and with the Clifton
Heritage Authority taken
together, and such service shall be reckoned as continuous for
pension purposes.
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(3)
There shall be payable out of
the Consolidated Fund upon the warrant of the Minister of Finance
to the Clifton Heritage Authority
as contribution to every pension
paid in accordance with subsection (2) such amounts as would have
been payable to the person concerned
by way of pension under the
Pensions Act, if any such person had retired from the public
service and if he had been granted a pension
under the Pensions Act
upon the date of his ceasing to be a public officer.
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18.(1)
The Clifton Heritage Authority
may, as regards any officer, employee or agent in whose case it may
be determined with the approval,
of the Minister of Finance to make
provision for the payment, on the death, injury or retirement of
that officer, employee or agent,
of pension, gratuity or other like
benefit, pay or provide for the payment of that pension, gratuity
or other like benefit to the
officer, employee or agent or to
others by reference to their service as may be determined.
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Power to grant gratuities etc. |
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(2)
Provisions for pensions,
gratuities or other like benefits under this section may be either
by contributory or non-contributory arrangements
or partly by the
one or by the other.
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19.
The Clifton Heritage Authority
is exempt from the payment of all customs duties under the Tariff
Act, all stamp duties under the Stamp Act and all taxes under the
Real Property Tax Act.
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Exemptions. Ch. 295. Ch. 270. Ch. 375. |
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20.
The Minister may, after
consultation with the Clifton Heritage Authority, make regulations
providing for -
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Regulations. |
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(a)
the regulation of the conduct of
excavations and searches for antiquities at Clifton Heritage;
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(b)
the preservation, conservation,
restoration, analysis, documentation and presentation of
antiquities discovered or excavated at Clifton
Heritage;
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(c)
the prohibition and control of
access to excavations, monuments, sites and collections and for the
payment, restriction and regulation
of entrance fees thereto;
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(d)
the making of appeals to the
public for financial or other support for Clifton Heritage;
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(e)
generally, for the better
carrying into effect the purposes of this Act and the furtherance
of the functions and duties of the Clifton
Heritage
Authority.
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21.(1)
The movable and immovable
property comprising Clifton Heritage and more particularly
described in the First Schedule, and any undertakings
in relation
thereto, owned by the Government immediately before the date of
commencement of this Act shall by virtue of this Act
be transferred
to and vested in the Clifton Heritage Authority.
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Transfer and vesting of assets. |
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(2)
The transfer and vesting
aforesaid shall extend to the whole of such movable and immovable
property and undertakings and shall include
assets, powers, rights
and privileges and all things necessary and ancillary thereto which
are held or enjoyed in connection therewith
or appertaining
thereto, as well as all obligations affecting or relating to any of
the aforesaid movable or immovable property or
undertakings.
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22.(1)
Where anything has been
commenced by or under the authority of the Government prior to the
date of commencement of this Act and such
thing relates to any
movable or immovable property or undertaking or any right or
liability transferred to the Clifton Heritage Authority
by or under
this Act, such thing may be carried on and completed by or as
authorized by the Clifton Heritage Authority.
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Transitional provisions. |
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(2)
Where immediately before the
date of commencement of this Act any proceedings are pending to
which the Government is or is entitled
to be a party and such
proceedings are related to any movable or immovable property or
undertaking, or any right or liability transferred
by or under this
Act, the Clifton Heritage Authority shall, as from the date, be
substituted in such proceedings for the Government
or shall be made
a party thereto in like manner as the Government could have become,
and such proceedings shall not abate by reason
of the
substitution.
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23.(1)
A person who -
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Offences. |
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(a)
refuses to pay an entrance fee or
other charge imposed by the Clifton Heritage Authority for access
to Clifton Heritage and any of
its monuments, sites and
collections;
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(b)
fails to heed any prohibition by
the Clifton Heritage Authority of vehicular or pedestrian traffic
over any portion of Clifton Heritage;
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(c)
removes or damages or causes to
be removed or damaged any part of Clifton Heritage or any of its
monuments sites and collections;
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commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars. |
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(2)
Where a person commits an
offence under subsection (1) such offence shall be deemed without
the requirement of further proof to result
in damage to or loss by
the Clifton Heritage Authority and the court may upon conviction,
in addition to any other penalty, order
the offender to pay the
Clifton Heritage Authority such sum as the court sees fit and the
sum awarded shall be without prejudice
to any other remedy provided
by any other law and may be recovered by the Clifton Heritage
Authority as a civil debt in a court of
summary jurisdiction
notwithstanding the amount.
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FIRST SCHEDULE |
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All that certain lot, piece of land containing by admeasurement two hundred eight acres and forty-one hundredths of an acre or thereabouts being a lot of land on a plan recorded in the Department of Lands and Surveys as Plan Numbered 1327 of New Providence situated between Southwest Bay Street and Clifton Point in the constituency of Delaporte in the Island of New Providence in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas abutting and bounding toward the NORTH partly by the Sea partly by a Public Road Reservation, toward the EAST on Public Road known as Southwest Bay Road, toward the SOUTH partly by the Sea and partly by lands said to be the property of The Bahamas Government, and toward the WEST by the Sea. The property is irregular in shape, contains elevations up to forty (40') feet and forms the peninsula known as Clifton Point. The western section of the shoreline is generally rocky and contains bluffs with caves. The northeastern section and the Clifton Bay section of the shoreline are rocky interspersed with sandy beach areas generally considered substandard compared to average beaches in The Bahamas. A portion of land in the northeastern area of the parcel is swamp wet land. The shoreline is estimated to be approximately 1.70 miles in length. |
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SECOND SCHEDULE |
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1.(1)
The Clifton Heritage Authority
shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common
seal with power, to purchase, lease
or otherwise acquire and hold
and dispose of land and other property of whatsoever kind:
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Provided however, the Clifton Heritage Authority, may not dispose of any land without the prior approval of the House of Assembly signified by resolution thereof. |
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(2)
The Clifton Heritage Authority
may sue and be sued in its corporate name and may for all purposes
be described by such name, and service
upon the Clifton Heritage
Authority of any document of whatsoever kind must be made by
delivering the document or sending it by prepaid
registered post
addressed to the Secretary of the Clifton Heritage Authority at the
office of the Clifton Heritage Authority.
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(3)
The Clifton Heritage Authority
shall be capable of doing or performing all other such things or
acts for the performance of its functions
under, and for the
furtherance of the provisions of, this Act which may lawfully be
done or performed by a body corporate.
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2.(1)
The common seal of the Clifton
Heritage Authority shall be kept in the custody of the Chairman or
the Secretary or otherwise as the
Clifton Heritage Authority
directs and shall be affixed to instruments requiring the seal
pursuant to a resolution of the Clifton
Heritage Authority and in
the presence of the Chairman or a member of the Clifton Heritage
Authority duly authorized by the Clifton
Heritage Authority and the
Secretary.
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(2)
The common seal of the Clifton
Heritage Authority shall be authenticated by the signatures of the
Chairman of the Clifton Heritage
Authority or any other member of
the Clifton Heritage Authority duly authorized by the Clifton
Heritage Authority in that behalf,
and by the Secretary.
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(3)
The common seal of the Clifton
Heritage Authority when affixed to any document and duly
authenticated under this section shall be
judicially and officially
noticed, and, unless and until the contrary is proved, any
necessary order or authorization of the Clifton
Heritage Authority
under this section shall be presumed to have been duly given.
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(4)
All documents, other than
those required by law to be under seal, made by, and all decisions
of, the Clifton Heritage Authority may
be signified under the hand
of the Chairman of the Clifton Heritage Authority or any other
member duly authorized by the Clifton
Heritage Authority in that
behalf.
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CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS |
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3.(1)
The Clifton Heritage Authority
shall consist of twelve members appointed by the Governor-General
of whom -
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(a)
one shall be the Director of the
National Museum ex officio;
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(b)
one shall be the President of the
College of The Bahamas or his representative;
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(c)
one shall be the Director-General
of Tourism or his representative;
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(d)
one shall be a member of the
Council of The Bahamas National Trust;
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(e)
one shall be the Director of the
Archives ex officio; and
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(f)
seven shall be appointed by the
Governor-General, after consultation with the Minister, from among
qualified persons who have wide
experience, knowledge and capacity
in the areas of culture, education, history, finance, law,
environment, commerce and tourism.
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(2)
In exercise of the
Governor-General powers of appointment under paragraph (1), the
Governor-General shall ensure that, after the initial
constitution
of the Clifton Heritage Authority, the members of the Clifton
Heritage Authority shall not consist entirely of persons
previously
appointed to membership of the Clifton Heritage Authority at the
same time.
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4.
The Governor-General shall
appoint from among the Clifton Heritage Authority three members to
be respectively Chairman, Deputy Chairman
and Secretary of the
Clifton Heritage Authority. If the Chairman is absent or unable to
act, the Deputy Chairman shall act as Chairman
during the time such
absence or inability continues.
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5.
Subject to paragraphs 8 and 9,
a member of the Clifton Heritage Authority shall hold office for
such period, not exceeding three years,
as the Governor-General may
direct in the instrument appointing such member, but such member
shall be eligible for reappointment.
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6.(1)
The Governor-General may by
instrument in writing appoint a suitable person as a member of the
Clifton Heritage Authority to act temporarily
in the place of any
member in the case of temporary absence or inability or such member
to act.
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(2)
If any vacancy occurs in the
membership of the Clifton Heritage Authority, such vacancy shall be
filled by the appointment of another
member who shall, subject the
provisions of this schedule, hold office for the remainder of the
period for which the previous member
was appointed, so however,
that such appointment shall be made in the same manner and from the
same category of persons, if any,
as the appointment of the
previous member.
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7.(1)
A member of the Clifton
Heritage Authority other than the Chairman may at any time resign
his office by instrument in writing addressed
to the Chairman who
shall forthwith cause it to be forwarded to the Governor-General
and, from the date of the receipt by the Governor-General
of the
instrument, the member shall cease to be a member or office-holder
of the Clifton Heritage Authority.
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(2)
The Chairman of the Clifton
Heritage Authority may at any time resign his office by instrument
addressed to the Governor-General and,
from the date of the receipt
by the Governor-General of the instrument, the Chairman shall cease
to be Chairman or a member of the
Clifton Heritage Authority.
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8.
The Governor-General may by
instrument in writing revoke the appointment of the Chairman, the
Deputy Chairman, the Secretary, or any
member of the Clifton
Heritage Authority if the Governor-General thinks it expedient to
do so.
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9.
The appointment, removal,
death or resignation of any member of the Clifton Heritage
Authority shall be notified in the Gazette.
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10.
There shall be paid from the
funds of the Clifton Heritage Authority to the Chairman and other
members of the Clifton Heritage Authority
such remuneration, if
any, whether by way of honorarium, salary or fees, and such
allowances, if any, as the Minister my determine.
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11.(1)
The Clifton Heritage Authority
shall meet at such times as may be necessary or expedient for the
transaction of business and such
meetings shall be held at such
places and times and on such days as the Chairman may determine,
PROVIDED THAT , the Clifton Heritage
Authority shall meet not less
than six times in any year.
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(2)
The Chairman, or in his
absence, the Deputy Chairman, shall preside at all meetings of the
Clifton Heritage Authority and, in the
case of the absence of the
Chairman and the Deputy Chairman from any meeting, the members
present and constituting a quorum shall
elect a Chairman from among
their number to preside at the meeting.
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(3)
A quorum of the Clifton
Heritage Authority shall consist of five members.
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(4)
The decisions of the Clifton
Heritage Authority are by a majority of votes and, in addition to
an original vote, in any case in which
the voting is equal, the
Chairman or other person presiding at the meeting has a casting
vote.
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(5)
Minutes in proper form of each
meeting are to be kept by the Secretary or any officer appointed
for that purpose, and confirmed by
the Clifton Heritage Authority
at the next meeting and signed by the Chairman or the Deputy
Chairman as the case may be.
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(6)
The Clifton Heritage Authority
may co-opt any one or more persons to attend any particular meeting
of the Clifton Heritage Authority
for the purpose of assisting or
advising the Clifton Heritage Authority in any matter with which
the Clifton Heritage Authority is
dealing but no co-opted person
has the right to vote.
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(7)
Provided a quorum is present,
the validity of any proceedings of the Clifton Heritage Authority
shall not be affected by any vacancy
among the members thereof or
by any defect in the appointment of a member thereof.
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12.
Subject to this Schedule, the
Clifton Heritage Authority has the power to regulate its own
proceedings.
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