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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 316

Making plans

Minister must make plan

  (1)   The Minister must make a written plan for managing a property that is included in the World Heritage List and is entirely within one or more Commonwealth areas. The Minister must do so as soon as practicable after the property:

  (a)   is included in the World Heritage List; or

  (b)   becomes entirely within one or more Commonwealth areas.

Amending and replacing plan

  (2)   The Minister may make a written plan amending, or revoking and replacing, a plan made under subsection   (1) or this subsection.

Requirements for plan

  (3)   A plan must not be inconsistent with:

  (a)   Australia's obligations under the World Heritage Convention; or

  (b)   the Australian World Heritage management principles.

Note:   Section   323 explains what Australian World Heritage management principles are.

Ensuring plans reflect current management principles

  (4)   If the Australian World Heritage management principles change so that a plan (the earlier plan ) is inconsistent with them, the Minister must make another plan:

  (a)   amending the earlier plan so it is not inconsistent with them; or

  (b)   revoking and replacing the earlier plan.

Plan may be in same document as another plan

  (5)   To avoid doubt, a plan under this section for a property may be in the same document as:

  (a)   a plan under this section for another property; or

  (b)   a plan that this Act or another law of the Commonwealth requires or permits to be prepared.

Commonwealth reserves

  (6)   Despite subsections   (1) and (2), the Minister may not make a plan for so much of a property as is in a Commonwealth reserve.

Note:   A management plan must be prepared under Division   4 for a Commonwealth reserve, taking account of Australia's obligations under the World Heritage Convention.


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