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of the Expert Witness Code of Conduct in the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules and the provisions relating to expert evidence

Issued            Review                    Issued by
5 June 2019       Draft                     P Jeffery
19 July 2019      Revised draft             P Jeffery
8 November 2019   Final amended draft       P Jeffery
12 December 2019  Response to DEE comments  P Jeffery
5 March 2020      Amended final report v.3  P. Jeffery
8 April 2020      APPROVED FINAL            S. Polkinghorne
                  (Aust. Heritage Council)

executive summary
This Heritage Management Plan has been prepared to assist the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to continue to conserve and protect the identified Commonwealth Heritage values of its Head Office, 65 Martin Place Sydney NSW 2000.  The Head Office building was included on the Commonwealth Heritage List in June 2004 for demonstrating the following official Commonwealth heritage values:

Criterion A: Processes
Criterion B: Rarity
Criterion D: Characteristic values
Criterion E: Aesthetic characteristics
Criterion F: Technical achievement
Criterion G: Social value
Criterion H: Significant people

Under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC), as amended, the Reserve Bank of Australia is obliged to prepare a Heritage Management Plan for each of its properties that demonstrate Commonwealth Heritage value.  This plan addresses the requirements of Schedule 7A (Regulation 10.03B) of the EPBC Act and be consistent with Commonwealth Heritage management principles.

The methodology adopted for use in this report generally follows best practice principles contained in:
             The Conservation Plan by Dr James Semple Kerr (7th Edition, 2013) published by the National Trust of Australia (NSW).
             Australia ICOMOS Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural Significance (The Burra Charter) 2013.
             Management Plans for Places on the Commonwealth Heritage List: a guide for agencies. Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage, November 2006.
             Working Together Managing Commonwealth Heritage Places, A guide for Commonwealth Agencies.  Commonwealth of Australia 2019.

Major Recommendations
This Heritage Management Plan confirms the Head Office of the Reserve Bank of Australia demonstrates a range of Commonwealth Heritage values including historical, associative, aesthetic and social values.

The principal heritage significance of the Reserve Bank of Australia Head Office building is its association with the Reserve Bank of Australia, and as physical evidence of the creation of the Reserve Bank of Australia and its separation from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and for its association with successive Governors of the Reserve Bank since 1964.  The Head Office has aesthetic significance as an example of Post-World War 2 office buildings in Australia and of the architectural work carried out by the Commonwealth Department of Works Banks and Special Projects Branch.  The prominent location of the Reserve Bank of Australia Head Office building at the corner of Martin Place and Macquarie Street