Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L01343:reg:16:p18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L01343
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 16 (pt 18/51)
Character Range: 244168–247051

site, but those activities must comply with the management plan for the ASPA.

Permits may be issued for on-site:

    • conservation, inspection, maintenance, management and/or monitoring work

    • educational activities, including tourism, consistent with the aims and objectives of this management plan

    • scientific research (using non-historic infrastructure where possible)

Day visits by tourists and educational groups will be permitted. Longer-term visits and overnight stays will be discouraged given the significance and vulnerability of the site. Permits may be subject to an overall carrying capacity for the site or specific parts of the site, and closed zones may be introduced if required. A permit may allow entry to the Main Hut and Magnetograph House (but not the standing ruins of the Transit Hut or Absolute Magnetic Hut), provided that:

    • each group is accompanied by a person with cultural heritage skills (to the satisfaction of the permitting Party) who remains in the Area for the duration of the visit and accompanies all visitors inside the huts. These 'cultural guides' shall make themselves available to the permitting Party to receive any site training/education that may be deemed necessary prior to and while undertaking the activity;

    • 'cultural guide/s' or conservation teams supervise the opening and the closing of the huts following AAD instructions;

    • briefings on the ASPA management plan and the values of the ASPA are conducted prior to visits and adequate site interpretation materials are made available to each visitor, including information on expected behaviour within the site;

    • visitors accessing the Area avoid sensitive historic cultural heritage objects, such as the cultural heritage objects scatter to the immediate north of the Main Hut, and other sensitive areas, such as lichen communities and penguin colonies;

    • visitors do not touch the exterior or interior fabric of the buildings or any cultural heritage objects;

    • visitors to the site are instructed not to walk over the outside artefact scatter to the north of the Main Hut during times of limited snow cover;

    • the maximum number of visitors inside the Main Hut and the Magnetograph House at any one time complies with the ASPA management plan;

    • visitors do not touch scientific and conservation management equipment;

    • visitors do not wear or carry backpacks in the huts and camera gear is kept to a minimum;

    • visitors, including 'cultural guides', do not remove skylights (unless stated in the permit).

Camping is not allowed within the Visual Protection Zone. Mawson's Huts shall not be used for accommodation.

Non-spiky boot chains may be worn to improve safety within the huts. While they are unlikely to cause damage to the fabric or contents of the buildings, any indication of damage caused by boot