Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L01818:front:0:p119
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L01818
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 340028–343133

Prescriptions

Policies

    9.7.1        Compliance and enforcement effort will reflect analysis of the risks, zoning priorities and visitation levels.

    9.7.2        Provide an appropriate number of authorised and trained park staff at all times to undertake compliance activities under relevant legislation to protect flora and fauna, including incidents involving marine mammals.

    9.7.3        Appropriate training will be provided to staff to ensure they understand and can adequately operate in the legal framework under which the park operates. Emphasis will be placed on providing appropriate training in relevant legislation and practical law enforcement for field staff. Specialist staff or other experts will be seconded as necessary for training park staff.

    9.7.4        Rangers and wardens shall take an educational approach to enforcement, ensuring park users are aware of the reasons behind park regulations and are given appropriate warnings and information.

Actions

    9.7.5        Prepare compliance and enforcement priorities annually for consideration by the Board.

    9.7.6        Regularly review law enforcement incidents such as car break-ins and consider the levels and risks of incidents in preparing compliance and enforcement priorities (see Section 9.7.5). Continue to improve security arrangements in consultation with relevant authorities including the Australian Federal Police, Jervis Bay Marine Park and NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.

    9.7.7        Undertake regular marine and terrestrial patrols and spot checks of visitors to the park by appropriately trained and qualified park staff to ensure that the relevant regulatory requirements are being met. Enforcement effort shall reflect the annual compliance and enforcement priorities agreed to by the Board.

    9.8           How proposals will be evaluated

Aim
    * Park management activities meet legal requirements, conform to the highest practicable environmental standards and maintain the park's natural and cultural integrity.

Background
The Director is responsible for managing the park under the EPBC Act. The Act and Regulations prescribe the way matters that have the potential to impact on the physical and cultural environment, are progressed. In addition, under the Lease, the Director is obliged to promote and protect the interests of the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community, and to protect sacred sites, areas and things of significance to the Community, as well as protecting the listed heritage values of the area.

As noted in Section 2.4, Legislative Context, actions that could have a significant environmental impact on the park may trigger the assessment and approval provisions of the EPBC Act and may be 'controlled actions'.

Where the Director considers that a proposed action may be a controlled action in relation to the park the Director may refer the proposal to the Minister under s.71 of the EPBC Act for a decision whether or not the action is a controlled action. Proposed actions in the park that are not controlled actions under the EPBC Act