Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00073:reg:2023:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00073
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2023 (pt 3/12)
Character Range: 6207–9529

of the Premier and Cabinet)
AGA               Gas Accumulator Company
AMSA              Australian Maritime Safety Authority
AMSG              Australian Maritime Systems Group
AtoN              Aid to Navigation
BBT               Barbier, Benard, et Turenne
CHL               Commonwealth Heritage List
DCCEEW            Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
DEW               Department of Environment and Water
EPBC Act          Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)
EPBC Regulations  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000 (Cth)
HMP               Heritage Management Plan
IALA              International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities
LED               Light emitting diode
NAA               National Archives of Australia
NES               National Environmental Significance
NLA               National Library of Australia
RMS               Record Management System
RNE               Register for the National Estate (non-statutory archive)

Executive summary
Built in 1908, Cape St Albans Lighthouse was built to assist lighting Backstairs Passage between Kangaroo Island and the South Australian coast. The lighthouse is notable for its heritage significance and was placed on the Commonwealth Heritage List in 2004 for its role in providing navigational assistance, and its standing as one of the earliest unattended lights established in South Australia. The lighthouse is demonstrative of a transition in lighthouse technology of the early twentieth century.
Situated approximately 8.5 kilometres away from Antechamber Bay, the Cape St Albans Lighthouse stands on the most eastern point of Kangaroo Island. After the cost of constructing a staffed light was considered too expensive, the lighthouse was designed by South Australia's Engineer-in-chief as an automatic tower with an open lantern floor plan. Although keepers from the nearby Cape Willoughby Lighthouse were tasked with checking on the tower, the lighthouse operated automatically. As a working marine aid to navigation (AtoN), the lighthouse tower is operated and managed by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA).
The lighthouse was originally fitted with a self-contained lantern manufactured by Barbier, Bernard and Turenne in France. The current lens assembly is a 250mm focal radius fixed lens with a lamp-changer light source. The light runs on an automated mechanism as part of AMSA's network of AtoN. The equipment is serviced by AMSA's maintenance contractor who visits at least once per year. AMSA officers visit on an ad-hoc basis for auditing, project and community liaison purposes. Access to the site and inside the tower is restricted to authorised personnel only.
This heritage management plan is concerned mainly with the lighthouse, but also addresses the management of the surrounding land. The plan is intended to guide AMSA's decisions and actions. AMSA's Heritage Team has prepared this plan to integrate the heritage values of the lighthouse in accordance with the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth), and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000 (Cth).
Being well built and generally well maintained, the lighthouse precinct