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National Park means the areas declared as a national park by that name under the NPWC Act and continued under the EPBC Act by the Environmental Reform (Consequential Provisions) Act 1999

         NPWC Act means the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 and the Regulations under that Act

         Park or National Park means Norfolk Island National Park

         Parks Australia means that part of the Department that assists the Director in performing the Director's functions under the EPBC Act

         Parks Australia staff means staff who are employees of the Department assigned to assist the Director of National Parks

         PGPA Act means the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, including Rules under the Act, and includes reference to any Act amending, repealing or replacing the PGPA Act.

         Remotely piloted aircraft means aircraft that are remotely piloted by a person on the ground including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as recreational drones.

         ROKAMBA means the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Korea for the Protection of Migratory Birds and their Environment

         Territory means the Territory of Norfolk Island

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Appendix B
Legislative context

Establishment of the National Park and Botanic Garden
         The Mt Pitt section of the park and the Botanic Garden were established when the Norfolk Island National Park and Norfolk Island Botanic Garden Act 1984 (Norfolk Island) came into effect on 12 February 1985. Prior to this, both Mt Pitt Reserve and Phillip Island had been public reserves declared under the Commons and Public Reserves Ordinance 1936 (Norfolk Island). The Mt Pitt section of the Park and the Botanic Garden were subsequently also proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 (Commonwealth) (NPWC Act) on 31 January 1986 following a request of the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly.

         The Phillip Island section of the park was proclaimed under the NPWC Act on 24 January 1996. The NPWC Act was replaced by the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) in July 2000. The park and the botanic garden continue as Commonwealth reserves under the EPBC Act pursuant to the Environmental Reform (Consequential Provisions) Act 1999, which deems the park to have been declared for the following purposes:

           •      the preservation of the area in its natural condition
           •      the encouragement and regulation of the appropriate use, appreciation and enjoyment of the area by the public
         and deems the botanic garden to have been declared for the purpose of:
           •      increasing knowledge, appreciation and enjoyment of Australia's plant heritage by establishing, as an integrated resource, a collection of living and herbarium
           specimens of Australian and related plants for study, interpretation, conservation and display.