Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00287:reg:3:p103
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00287
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 103/276)
Character Range: 422873–425836

Commonwealth reserves under the EPBC Act pursuant to the Environmental Reform (Consequential Provisions) Act 1999.
The national park and botanic garden are managed in accordance with the Norfolk Island National Park and Norfolk Island Botanic Garden Management Plan 2020 (Director of National Parks 2020). One of the primary objectives of the management plan is to identify, conserve and protect the natural and cultural values of the park and botanic garden while providing for appropriate use. The Norfolk Island National Park Advisory Committee (NINPAC) advises the Park Manager on implementation of the management plan.
The Director of National Parks is also responsible for management of the Norfolk Marine Park under the EPBC Act and in accordance with the Australian Marine Parks Temperate East Network Management Plan prepared under the Act (Director of National Parks 2018).

Priority values and areas for management under this plan

Norfolk Island National Park covers 650 ha in two sections. The Mount Pitt Section on Norfolk Island itself covers 460 ha. The other section comprises 190 ha of neighbouring Phillip Island. The Norfolk Island Botanic Garden covers 5.5 ha and is located near the Mount Pitt Section of the park.
Phillip Island is included on the Commonwealth Heritage List established under the EPBC Act in recognition of its significant natural heritage. Norfolk Island National Park is listed on the Norfolk Island Heritage Register for its significant natural heritage (Table 16).

Norfolk Island National Park—Mount Pitt Section
The national park and botanic garden protect most of the remaining subtropical rainforest that originally covered Norfolk Island prior to settlement. This includes areas of remnant lower altitude rainforest that are characterised by abundant vines.
The Mt Pitt section of the national park is a primary focus for the direct management actions described in the plan. This section is a stronghold for many threatened species and contains most of the island's remaining native vegetation. The management actions include:
    * maintenance of fences and cattle grids to exclude grazing from the park
    * intensive control of invasive species, including experimental trials of new techniques
    * provision of nest sites for the Norfolk Island green parrot and Norfolk Island morepork
    * weeding and restoration of existing forest areas
    * creation of fenced areas for reintroduced threatened snails
    * gradual restoration of the old forestry area, which has unique lowland topography not found in the Conservation Zone of the national park

Norfolk Island National Park—Phillip Island
Phillip Island, although long devoid of its original vegetation, is an important seabird nesting site and a refuge for several threatened species lost from Norfolk Island itself. The gradual recovery of vegetation on Phillip Island following the eradication of pigs, goats and rabbits in 1986 provides an example