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will come into operation following approval by the Minister under s.370 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), on a date specified by the Minister or the day after it is registered under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, whichever is later, and will cease to have effect 10 years after commencement, unless revoked sooner or replaced with a new plan.
    1.3              Interpretation

Definitions of terms, concepts, legislation and acronyms used in this plan are provided in Appendix A.

    1.4              Planning process and legislative context

A summary of the legislative context under which this management plan was prepared is provided at Appendix B, including a description of the legislative basis for the establishment of the park and a description of international conservation agreements applicable to the management of the park.

    2.                 IUCN category

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) categorisation and zoning scheme for the park takes into account the requirements of the EPBC Act and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000 (EPBC Regulations), including relevant reserve management principles; and regional conservation strategies aimed at conserving biodiversity through such things as protection of threatened species and habitat and conservation of the marine environment.

    2.1              IUCN category and zoning

Background
The IUCN defines a protected area as 'an area of land and/or sea specifically dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity, and of natural and associated cultural resources, and managed through legal or other effective means'.
The EPBC Act requires this management plan to assign the park to one of the Australian IUCN categories prescribed in the EPBC Regulations (which correspond to the IUCN categories). The EPBC Act also allows a management plan to divide a reserve into zones and to assign the zones to an IUCN category, which may differ from the overall category of the reserve. The EPBC Regulations (Schedule 8) prescribe the Australian IUCN reserve management principles for each of the seven Australian IUCN categories.

Issues
    * The EPBC Act requires that the park and any zones into which it is divided are assigned to an appropriate IUCN category.
    * The terrestrial and marine areas of the park have different management requirements and vulnerabilities. An appropriate IUCN management category needs to be assigned to each zone.

What we are going to do

Policies
    2.1.1           The park is assigned to Australian IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve).

    2.1.2           The park is divided into two zones:

    1. Strict Nature Reserve Zone:

         (a)      assigned IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)

         (b)      consisting of the terrestrial area of the park to the low water mark, including the lagoon area

    2. Marine Reserve Zone

        (a) - assigned IUCN category II (national park)

        (b)