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been declared for the purpose of:
           •      increasing knowledge, appreciation and enjoyment of Australia's plant heritage by establishing, as an integrated resource, a collection of living and herbarium
           specimens of Australian and related plants for study, interpretation, conservation and display.
         The Director of National Parks is responsible for the management of Norfolk Island National Park and Norfolk Island Botanic Garden.

Director of National Parks

         The Director is a corporation-sole under the EPBC Act (s.514A) and a corporate Commonwealth entity for the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. The corporation is constituted by the person appointed by the Governor-General to the office that is also called the Director of National Parks (s.514F of the EPBC Act).

         The functions of the Director (s.514B) include the administration, management and control of the park and botanic garden. The Director generally has power to do all things necessary or convenient for performing the Director's functions (s.514C). The Director has a number of specified powers under the EPBC Act and EPBC Regulations, including the power to prohibit or control some activities and to issue permits or enter into licences for activities that are otherwise prohibited. The Director performs functions and exercises powers in accordance with this management plan.
EPBC Act

         Objects of the EPBC Act
         The objects of the EPBC Act as set out in Part 1 are:

           (a)    to provide for the protection of the environment, especially those aspects of the environment that are matters of national environmental significance

           (b)    to promote ecologically sustainable development through the conservation and ecologically sustainable use of natural resources

           (c)     to promote the conservation of biodiversity

           (d)    to provide for the protection and conservation of heritage

           (e)    to promote a co-operative approach to the protection and management of the environment involving governments, the community, land-holders and indigenous peoples
           (f)      to assist in the co-operative implementation of Australia's international environmental responsibilities

           (g)    to recognise the role of indigenous people in the conservation and ecologically sustainable use of Australia's biodiversity; and
           (h)    to promote the use of indigenous people's knowledge of biodiversity with the involvement of, and in cooperation with, the owners of the knowledge.

         Control of actions in Commonwealth reserves
         The EPBC Act (ss.354 and 354A) prohibits certain actions being taken in Commonwealth reserves except in accordance with a management plan. These actions are:

           •      kill, injure, take, trade, keep or move a member of a native species; or
           •      damage heritage; or
           •      carry on an excavation; or
           •      erect a building or other structure; or
           •      carry out works; or
           •      take an action for commercial purposes.
         The EPBC Act (ss.355 and 355A) also prohibits mining operations being taken in Commonwealth reserves except in