Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2006B00701:front:0:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2006B00701
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 13944–16738

Marine Park in which the Authority considers that nature conservation values, cultural and heritage values, or scientific values are, or may be, threatened, that appropriate proposals are developed to reduce or eliminate the threats; and
 (b) to ensure management for the recovery and continued protection and conservation of species and ecological communities that are, or may become:
 (i) extinct; or
 (ii) extinct in the wild; or
 (iii) critically endangered; or
 (iv) endangered; or
 (v) vulnerable; or
 (vi) conservation dependent; and
 (c) to ensure that activities within areas of the Marine Park are managed on the basis of ecologically sustainable use; and
 (d) to provide a basis for managing the uses of a particular area of the Marine Park that may conflict with other uses of the area or with the values of the area; and
 (e) to provide for the management of areas of the Marine Park in conjunction with community groups in circumstances where those groups have a special interest in the areas concerned; and
 (f) to enable people using the Marine Park to participate in a wide range of recreational activities.

 (3) Subsection 39Z (1) of the Act states that the Authority in preparing management plans must have regard to:
 (a) the protection of World Heritage values of the Marine Park; and
 (b) the precautionary principle.

Note   Section 39Z of the Act defines the precautionary principle to have the same meaning as in section 3.5.1 of the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment. (The Agreement is set out in full in the Schedule to the National Environment Protection Council Act 1994.) The principle is as follows:
 Where there are threats of serious or irreversible environmental damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to prevent environmental degradation.

1.4 Duration of Plan

 (1) The Authority intends that this Plan will be in force indefinitely, but recognises that it may be necessary to review and amend this Plan in response to new information.

 (2) A review of this Plan may involve assessing whether the intended outcomes are being achieved by the strategies that are used to manage the Planning Area.

 (3) The community will be consulted about any proposed amendments to this Plan.

1.5 Objectives for the Planning Area

 (1) In addition to the objects of plans of management in subclause 1.3 (2), the Authority has identified additional objectives for the Planning Area. They are:
 (a) to ensure maintenance of the biodiversity of the Planning Area by managing marine ecosystems in a manner that retains their natural values and ecological integrity; and
 (b) to ensure the conservation of rare, vulnerable or endangered species or communities and their habitats; and
 (c) to ensure that