Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00002:reg:2015:p14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00002
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2015 (pt 14/16)
Character Range: 525774–528978

the EPBC Regulations, and consistent with the Commonwealth Heritage management principles
      (iii)          identify Commonwealth Heritage values for each place, and produce a register that sets out the Commonwealth Heritage values (if any) for each place (and do so within the timeframe set out in the agency's heritage strategy).
The prescriptions within this management plan are consistent with World Heritage, National Heritage and Commonwealth Heritage management principles and other relevant obligations under the EPBC Act for protecting and conserving the heritage values for which the park has been listed.

Wetlands of international importance

The EPBC Act management of wetlands of international importance provisions (ss.325 to 336) relevantly provide:
    * The Commonwealth may designate a wetland for inclusion in the List of Wetlands of International Importance kept under the Ramsar Convention only after seeking the agreement of relevant states, self-governing territories and landholders.

    * The Minister must make plans for managing wetlands listed under the Ramsar Convention that are entirely in Commonwealth areas. The Commonwealth and Commonwealth agencies must not contravene such plans. In the case of Commonwealth reserves, a management plan must be prepared (s.328(6)).

    * The Commonwealth must try to prepare and implement management plans for other wetlands listed under the Ramsar Convention, in cooperation with the relevant states and self-governing territories.

    * The Commonwealth and Commonwealth agencies have duties relating to declared Ramsar wetlands in states and territories.

    * The Commonwealth can provide assistance for the protection or conservation of declared Ramsar wetlands.

All wetlands listed under the Ramsar Convention are recognised as matters of national environmental significance under the EPBC Act. As such, approval is required for actions that will have, or are likely to have, a significant impact on the ecological character of a Ramsar-listed wetland.
The prescriptions within this plan are consistent with the Australian Ramsar management principles described in Schedule 6 of the EPBC Act and other relevant obligations under the EPBC Act for the management of wetlands included in the List of Wetlands of International Importance kept under the Ramsar Convention.
Further information on wetlands listed under the Ramsar Convention, including access to Ramsar information sheets and ecological character descriptions for Australian Ramsar sites, is available via the Australian Wetlands Database.

Penalties

Civil and/or criminal penalties may be imposed for breaches of the EPBC Act.

Appendix H

IUCN administrative and management principle schedules

General administrative principles

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) sets out guidelines for categorising protected areas, which Australia and many other countries have adopted as a national standard. Part 1 of Schedule 8 sets out general administrative principles applicable to all Commonwealth reserves. These principles underpin management approaches with regard to:
    * community participation – management arrangements should,