Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00287:reg:3:p102
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00287
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 102/276)
Character Range: 420089–423153

This staff member would both coordinate and provide secretariat support for the activities of the group and act as a project officer to lead individual elements of work (particularly relating to policy on the island) and coordinate community engagement, citizen science and related activities.

5.1.2        Relevant organisations and groups
The following parties have an important role in implementing and/or supporting the plan:
    * Australian Government—Director of National Parks
    * Australian Government—Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
    * Australian Government—Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development Communications and the Arts (DITRDCA)
    * Australian Government—Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)
    * Norfolk Island Regional Council (NIRC)
    * Norfolk Island National Park Advisory Committee (NINPAC)
    * private landholders and leaseholders
    * community organisations such as the Norfolk Island Flora & Fauna Society and Friends of Norfolk Island National Park
    * other community members
Other organisations such as the Lord Howe Island Board and the NSW Department of Planning and Environment may be able to provide advice during the plan's implementation and finer scale operational planning.
Other Commonwealth, State or Regional agencies may have roles if there are any changes in governance arrangements for the Norfolk Island Group within the life of this plan.
The roles of each agency or group and how they can support implementation of recovery actions are outlined in section 5.1.

Director of National Parks

Legislative context

The Director is a corporation-sole under the EPBC Act and a corporate Commonwealth entity for the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. The corporation is constituted by the person appointed by the Governor-General to the office that is also called the Director of National Parks. The functions of the Director include the administration, management and control of the Norfolk Island National Park and Botanic Garden. The Director is supported by Parks Australia, a division of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW).
The Mt Pitt section of the park and the botanic garden were established under the Norfolk Island National Park and Norfolk Island Botanic Garden Act 1984 (Norfolk Island) and subsequently also proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 (Commonwealth NPWC Act) in 1986 following a request of the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly. The Phillip Island section of the park was proclaimed under the NPWC Act in 1996. The NPWC Act was replaced by the EPBC Act in July 2000. The park and the botanic garden continue as Commonwealth reserves under the EPBC Act pursuant to the Environmental Reform (Consequential Provisions) Act 1999.
The national park and botanic garden are managed in accordance with the Norfolk Island National Park and Norfolk Island Botanic Garden Management Plan 2020 (Director