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(e) stabilising walls;(f) buildings; or(g) infrastructure.3. The prevention of the free movement of sand, including erosion and accretion, by means ofplanting vegetation, placing synthetic material on dunes and exposed sand surfaces within adistance of 100 metres inland of the high water mark of the sea.4. The dredging, excavation, infilling; removal or moving of soil, sand or rock exceeding 5cubic metres from a river, tidal lagoon, tidal river, lake, in‐stream dam, floodplain or wetland.5. The removal or damaging of indigenous vegetation of more than 10 square metres within adistance of 100 metres inland of the high water mark of the sea.6. The excavation, moving, removal, depositing or compacting of soil, sand, rock or rubblecovering an area exceeding 10 square metres in the sea or within a distance of 100 metresinland of the high‐water mark of the sea.Applications for the following activities, listed in GN No. R. 387, are subject to scoping andenvironmental impact assessment as provided in regulations 27 – 36 of the EnvironmentalImpact Assessment Regulations (GN No. R. 385):9. The construction or earth moving activities in the sea or within 100 metres inland of thehigh‐water mark of the sea, excluding an activity listed in item 2 of Government Notive No.R.386 of 2006 but including construction or earth moving activities in respect of‐(a) facilities associated with the arrival and departure of vessels and the handling ofcargo;(b) piers;(c) inter‐ and sub‐tidal structures for entrapment of sand;(d) breakwater structures;(e) rock revetments and other stabilising structures;(f) coastal marines;(g) coastal harbours;(h) structures for draining parts of the sea;(i) tunnels; or(j) underwater channelsSection 3.1 of the Sea‐shore Act No.21 of 1935 requires that a lease be obtained from therelevant administering authority before commencing construction activities on the sea‐shore(the land between the low water and high water marks) or in the sea. This administrativefunction was delegated to the coastal provinces (Proclamation R27 in GG 16346 of 7 April1995). Since this delegation of powers the Sea‐shore Act has been repealed in its entirety byICMA, except for those sections that were assigned to provinces. Thus the administrativepower of the various provincial authorities to let the sea‐shore still prevails despite the SeashoreAct being repealed.In the Western Cape this administrative function was transferred by section 2 of the WesternCape Nature Conservation Laws Act No. 15 of 1998 to the Western Cape Nature ConservationBoard (Cape Nature). Cape Nature, a public entity responsible for nature conservation in theWestern Cape, is the competent authority to which applications for leases of the sea‐shore areaddressed.During the evaluation of applications Cape Nature is required to:Uilkraals Estuary Situation Assessment52Anchor Environmental