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356A of the EPBC Act in relation to the ANBG.
Staff means employees of the department assigned to duties to assist the Director of National Parks.
Sustainable use means the use of components of biodiversity and resources in a way and at a rate that does not lead to the long-term decline of biodiversity, thereby maintaining biodiversity's potential to meet the needs and aspirations of present and future generations.
Voucher or voucher specimen means a representative specimen of a plant or animal that serves as a basis of study and is retained as a reference.

Legislative context

EPBC Act

Objects of the Act
The objects of the EPBC Act as set out in Part 1 of the Act are:
   1. to provide for the protection of the environment, especially those aspects of the environment that are matters of national environmental significance; and
   2. to promote ecologically sustainable development through the conservation and ecologically sustainable use of natural resources; and
    3. 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 ANBG
The ANBG was declared a reserve on 17 September 1991 under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975, which was replaced by the EPBC Act in July 2000. It continues as a Commonwealth reserve under the EPBC Act, pursuant to the Environmental Reform (Consequential Provisions) Act 1999, which deems the ANBG to have been declared for the purpose of the increase of 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.

Director of National Parks
The Director of National Parks is a corporation-sole pursuant to s 514A of the EPBC Act and a corporate Commonwealth entity for the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (Cth). The corporation is constituted by the person appointed to the office that is also called the Director of National Parks under s. 514F or s. 514G of the EPBC Act.
The functions of the Director of National Parks (s 514B) include the administration, management and control of the ANBG. The Director of National Parks generally has