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Acronyms
ACT   Australian Capital Territory
IUCN   International Union for Conservation of Nature
JBT  Jervis Bay Territory
NSW  New South Wales
Scuba  Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

  2.4           Legislative context

The Lease

All of the land in the park, including the seabed of Jervis Bay within the park, is Aboriginal land under the Land Grant Act with title held by Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council. The Council has leased the land to the Director in accordance with the Land Grant Act for the purposes of being managed as a Commonwealth reserve.

EPBC Act

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

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

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

    (c)           to promote the conservation of biodiversity; and

    (ca)      to provide for the protection and conservation of heritage; and

    (d)          to promote a co-operative approach to the protection and management of the environment involving governments, the community, land-holders and Indigenous peoples; and

    (e)          to assist in the co-operative implementation of Australia's international environmental responsibilities; and

    (f)            to recognise the role of Indigenous people in the conservation and ecologically sustainable use of Australia's biodiversity; and

    (g)          to promote the use of Indigenous people's knowledge of biodiversity with the involvement of, and in cooperation with, the owners of the knowledge.

Establishment of the park
The park and the then separate Botanic Gardens were proclaimed under the Parks Act as the Jervis Bay National Park and as the Jervis Bay component of the Australian National Botanic Gardens in 1992 and 1991 respectively. In May 2000 the Botanic Gardens were removed from the Australian National Botanic Gardens and added to Booderee National Park by proclamation. The Parks Act was replaced by the EPBC Act in July 2000. The park continues as a Commonwealth reserve under the EPBC Act pursuant to the Environmental Reform (Consequential Provisions) Act 1999, which deems the park to have been declared for the following purposes:

    * the preservation of the area in its natural condition

    * the encouragement and regulation of the appropriate use, appreciation and enjoyment of the area by the public.

In 1998, in accordance with provisions of the Lease, the name of the park was amended by proclamation under the Parks Act to Booderee National Park.

Director of National Parks
The Director of National Parks is a corporation under the s.514A of the EPBC Act. The corporation is controlled by the person appointed by the Governor-General to the office that is also called