Jamaica National Heritage Trust Act.

This Act makes provision for the protection of national monuments and protected national heritage and the establishment of the Jamaica National Heritage Trusts for this purpose.
“National monument” means: (a) any building, structure, object or other work of man or of nature or any part or remains thereof whether above or below the surface of the land or the floor of the sea within the territorial waters of the Island or within the exclusive economic zone; and (b) any site, cave or excavation, or any part declared by the Trust to be a national monument. “Protected national heritage” means: (a) any place name; (b) any species of animal or plant life; and (c) any place or object, not being a national monument, designated by the Trust to be a protected national heritage. The Trust shall declare a list of national monuments in accordance with the First Schedule to this Act and may designate any place, thing or species of anima of plant to be a protected national heritage. The Minister may issue Preservation Notices in respect of monuments not yet declared to be a national monument. The Trust may prepare and confirm Preservation Schemes in respect of national monuments and protected national heritage.