The permit holder must-
- conduct a satisfactory pre-disturbance survey of the wreck site;
- record and excavate the wreck site;
-recover and conserve wreck objects;
- catalogue and number objects removed from the wreck;
- treat wrecks as non-renewable archaeological sites and not remove objects and material from their original position unnecessarily;
- treat all human remains with respect.
- leave the site neat and tidy during and after an excavation and fill in the excavation or stabilize, the sections, unless SAHRA grants written exemption; and
- write up the results of the project.