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Act and the relevant management plan. Activities that are prohibited or restricted by the EPBC Regulations may be carried out if they are authorised by a permit issued by the Director of National Parks and/or carried out in accordance with a management plan, or if another exception prescribed by reg 12.06(1) of the Regulations applies.
Access to biological resources in Commonwealth areas (which includes in Commonwealth reserves) is regulated under Part 8A of the EPBC Regulations. Access to biological resources is also managed under ss 354 and 354A of the EPBC Act if the resources are members of a native species and/or if access is for commercial purposes.

Fees and charges
Under s 356A of the EPBC Act the Director of National Parks may, with the Minister's approval, determine and impose charges for entering or using the ANBG or part of the ANBG, using services or facilities provided by the Director of National Parks in or in connection with the ANBG, and parking or stopping vehicles in the ANBG. At the time of preparing this plan, charges are in place for:
    * parking
    * plant identification services
    * photographic services
    * education services
    * public programs such as school holiday and early childhood programs, and
      staff-guided services
    * use of buildings and sites
    * ANBG staff services for event and venue management.
These charges may be reviewed during the life of the plan and new charges set (see also Section 4.2, Financial sustainability).
Fees may also be prescribed by Schedule 11 of the EPBC Regulations in relation to issuing permits. At the commencement of this plan there are no fees in place under the EPBC Regulations for issuing permits at the ANBG.

Environmental impact assessment
Actions that are likely to have a significant impact on 'matters of national environmental significance' are subject to the referral, assessment and approval provisions of chapters 2 to 4 of the EPBC Act (irrespective of where the action is taken).
At the time of preparing this plan, the matters of national environmental significance identified in the EPBC Act relevant to the ANBG are:
    * nationally listed threatened species and ecological communities
    * listed migratory species.
The referral, assessment and approval provisions also apply to actions on Commonwealth land that are likely to have a significant impact on the environment and to actions taken outside Commonwealth land that are likely to have a significant impact on the environment on Commonwealth land. The ANBG is Commonwealth land for the purposes of the EPBC Act.
Responsibility for compliance with the assessment and approvals provisions of the EPBC Act lies with persons taking relevant 'controlled' actions. A person proposing to take an action that they think is or may