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2B.01  Criteria for accreditation of management plans for World Heritage properties and National Heritage places
 (1) This regulation concerns the accreditation of a management plan for:
 (a) a declared, or proposed, World Heritage property; or
 (b) a National Heritage place.
Note: A bilaterally accredited management plan may allow for the declaration of actions that do not then need approval under Part 9 of the Act for the purposes of a specified provision of Part 3—see subsection 46(1) of the Act. The relevant provisions of Part 3 in relation to a World Heritage property are sections 12 and 15A, and in relation to a National Heritage place, sections 15B and 15C.

Criteria for management plan
 (2) For paragraph 46(3)(a) of the Act, the criteria set out in subregulations (3) to (5) are prescribed in relation to the management plan.
 (3) Development of the management plan must have included consultation with:
 (a) the Australian community generally; and
 (b) any particular groups having a special interest in the property or place, or likely to be especially affected by a management plan for the property or place.
 (4) The public consultation mentioned in subregulation (3) must have included the release of a draft management plan for public comment and the allowing of at least 20 business days for the receipt of comment by the State or Territory organisation that is responsible for developing the plan.
Note: Subsections 46(2), 51(2) and 51A(2) of the Act also set out requirements about accreditation of management plans.

Content of the management plan
 (5) A management plan for a declared or proposed World Heritage property or a National Heritage place:
 (a) must outline the process of public consultation that was undertaken in the development of the plan; and
 (b) must state the law under which the plan is in force; and
 (c) must include a description of the property or place, including its boundary and the relevant World Heritage or National Heritage values; and
 (d) must state what must be done to ensure that the relevant World Heritage or National Heritage values are identified, conserved, protected, presented and transmitted to future generations and, if appropriate, rehabilitated; and
 (e) must set out the means by which risk management of the property or place will be addressed, including:
 (i) identifying the risks to the relevant World Heritage or National Heritage values; and
 (ii) providing an analysis of the potential effect of each identified risk on the relevant World Heritage or National Heritage values, including an estimation of the nature, extent and likelihood of the risk; and
 (iii) setting out risk management strategies to protect and conserve the relevant World Heritage or National Heritage values; and
 (f) must provide that adequate assessment