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Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No 162 within an Antarctic Specially Managed Area (ASMA) No 3 under the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty.

National recognition has come from the huts' inclusion on the Register of the National Estate in 1980 (now a non-statutory list), and the Commonwealth Heritage List (2004) and the National Heritage List (2005) under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999.

The EPBC Act requires the Commonwealth to make a written plan to protect and manage the National and Commonwealth Heritage values of a place it owns or controls. This document is the second such plan for the site. This management plan has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the EPBC Act and associated regulations. The plan is largely structured in accordance with the guidelines stated within Working Together: Managing National Heritage Places (Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2008), and Working Together: Managing Commonwealth Heritage Places (Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2008).

1.1.1 Objective of the Plan

The objective of this plan is to guide management decisions and on and off site actions that help identify, protect, conserve, present and transmit the National and Commonwealth Heritage values, and other values, of the Mawson's Huts Historic Site. This is in line with the objective of managing National and Commonwealth Heritage places and is one of the management principles set out in Regulation 10.01E and Schedule 5B, and Regulation 10.03D and Schedule 7B of the Environment

Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000 (EPBC Regulations).

This plan sets out how the National and Commonwealth Heritage values of the site, as described in the National Heritage List and Commonwealth Heritage List under the EPBC Act, will be managed and protected. It also supports the fulfilment of Australia's obligations under the Antarctic Treaty.

Management actions under this plan, including planning and conducting conservation work, will strive to ensure that the values of the Mawson's Huts Historic Site are protected, conserved, presented and transmitted to future generations.

1.1.2 Public Comments on this Management Plan

On 15 October 2011 an invitation for the public to comment on the review of the Mawson's Huts Historic Site Management Plan 2007-12 was advertised, as required under sections 324W and 341X of the EPBC Act. No formal submissions were received during this period. Key stakeholders were consulted in April 2011 during an informal consultation period. Eight submissions on the review of the plan were received.

Under sections 324S and 341S of the EPBC Act, the Environment Minister seeks comment from the public on the replacement of management plans prepared for National and Commonwealth Heritage places, and seeks and considers comments from the Australian Heritage