Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00074:reg:2021:p13
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00074
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2021 (pt 13/15)
Character Range: 82073–84932

to impact these values. At the time this plan was written, no plans have been made for future works at Goods Island Lighthouse. In the event major works at the lighthouse are required to be carried out, AMSA will seek to minimise impacts to the surrounding area by:
    * Abiding by any relevant environment management plans for the marine park
    * Consulting with Aboriginal stakeholders to ensure no significant sites are impacted
    * Ensuring no damage is made to surrounding vegetation or animal habitats
    * Ensuring project footprint is limited to the AMSA lease. In any instance that work is required outside of this footprint, approvals will be sought from the appropriate stakeholders.
    * Implementing an appropriate discovery plan in the instance Aboriginal cultural heritage is suspected and/or found.

   6.2  Framework: sensitivity to change
Owing to the site's association with Queensland's maritime history, its rarity as a lighthouse tower complete with residences built atop a coral reef, and its unique technical achievement due to the water tank at its base, Goods Island Lighthouse is of high significance. Therefore, work actioned by AMSA on the lighthouse's fabric harnesses the potential to reduce or eradicate the significance of the site's heritage values.
Conservation works, including restoration and reconstruction, or adaption works of the absolute minimum so as to continue the lighthouse's usefulness as an AtoN are the only works that should be actioned by AMSA on Goods Island Lighthouse. Some exceptions are made for health and safety requirements, however any and all work carried out must be conducted in line with heritage considerations and requirements of the EPBC Act.
The table below demonstrates the level of sensitivity attributed to the various elements of the fabric register in the face of change. These are measured from high to low depending on the action's possible threat to the site's heritage values.
High sensitivity
              High sensitivity to change includes instances wherein a change would pose a major threat to the heritage value of a specific fabric, or the lightstation as a whole. A major threat is one that would lead to substantial or total loss of the heritage value.

Moderate sensitivity
              Moderate sensitivity to change includes instances wherein a change would pose a moderate threat to the heritage value of a specific fabric, or to the heritage significance of a specific fabric in another part of the building. A moderate threat is one that would diminish the heritage value or diminish the ability of an observer to appreciate the value.
Low sensitivity
              Low sensitivity to change includes instances wherein a change would pose little to no threat to the heritage value of a specific fabric, or to the heritage significance in another part of the