Ms Van Damme pointed out that the South African Heritage Resources Agency derived its mandate from the National Heritage Resources Act of 1999 and that the operationalisation of its mandate found itself in the Built Environment, Archaeology, Paleontology, Meteorites, Heritage objects, Maritime and underwater Cultural Heritage, Burial grounds and Graves Division, National Inventory, The Centre for Training Research and Education, Grading and declaration, Finance, Human Resources and their Corporate Affairs Division.