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1. The objective in managing Commonwealth Heritage places is to identify, protect, conserve, present and transmit, to all generations, their Commonwealth Heritage values.

         2.       The management of Commonwealth Heritage places should use the best available knowledge, skills and standards for those places, and include ongoing technical and community input to decisions and actions that may have a significant impact on their Commonwealth Heritage values.

         3.       The management of listed Commonwealth Heritage places should respect all heritage values of the place and seek to integrate, where appropriate, any Commonwealth, State, Territory and local government responsibilities for those places.

         4.       The management of Commonwealth Heritage places should ensure that their use and presentation is consistent with the conservation of their Commonwealth Heritage values.

         5.       The management of Commonwealth Heritage places should make timely and appropriate provision for community involvement, especially by people who:
            (i)      have a particular interest in, or associations with, the place; and
            (ii)      may be affected by the management of the place.

         6.       Indigenous people are the primary source of information on the value of their heritage and that the active participation of indigenous people in identification, assessment and management is integral to the effective protection of indigenous heritage values.

         7.       The management of Commonwealth Heritage places should provide for regular monitoring, review and reporting on the conservation of Commonwealth Heritage values.

These principles are compatible with those contained in the Australia ICOMOS Burra Charter (2013), which is the generally accepted as the guide for the conservation of culturally significant places in Australia.

8.0              Specific Conservation Policies

8.1                Policy Recommendations
The identified Commonwealth Heritage values of the RBA Head Office are in part reliant on the character and quality of its surviving building fabric and components.  Wherever the issue of removing or altering building fabric[48] from its original form and location arises, a carefully considered study of the effects that such action will have on the Commonwealth Heritage values of the RBA Head Office must be undertaken.  Such an assessment will review the attributes of the building fabric or component to be removed or altered, the impact that the action will have on the place/component itself and the resulting impact on the place as a whole.

Under s.341ZC of the EPBC Act, the RBA as a Commonwealth agency must not take an action that has, will have or is likely to have an adverse impact on the Commonwealth Heritage values of the Reserve Bank of Australia Head office unless:
         (a)     There is no feasible and prudent alternative to taking the action; and
         (b)     All measures that can reasonably be taken to mitigate the impact of the action on those values are taken.

The recommended conservation policies are set out