Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01286:reg:2019:p12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01286
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2019 (pt 12/20)
Character Range: 76584–79661

curved profile, were replicated at all subsequent manned lighthouses in Victoria.

6 Opportunities and constraints
6.1 Implications arising from significance
The Commonwealth statement of significance (section 5.1 above) demonstrates Gabo Island Lighthouse is a place of considerable heritage value due to its contribution to the development of coastal navigation along the Victorian coastline.
The implication arising from this assessment is that key aspects of the place should be conserved to retain this significance. The key features requiring conservation include:
    * Continued use of the lighthouse as an AtoN
    * Architectural quality of the building
    * Interior spaces and features, which are notable for their design, details and/or their original lighthouse function. These include:
    -          Basement floor
-          Upper entrance floor
-          Intermediate floors
-          Lantern room and internal catwalk
-          Internal stairs

    * External spaces and features, which are notable for their design, details, and/or their original lighthouse function. These include:
-          Dome and glazing
-          Balcony
-          Tower walls
-          Doors and windows
-          External stair
-          Windbreak wall

Referral and approvals of action
The EPBC Act requires approval from the Minister for the Environment for all actions likely to have a significant impact on matters of National Environmental Significance (NES). The Act provides that the following actions require approval of the Minister:
    * Actions taken on Commonwealth land which are likely to have a significant impact on the environment.

    * Actions taken outside Commonwealth land which are likely to have a significant impact on the environment on Commonwealth land.

    * Actions taken by the Australian Government or its agencies which are likely to have a significant impact on the environment anywhere.

The definition of 'environment' in the EPBC Act and EPBC Regulations includes the cultural heritage values of places.

Heritage strategy
If an Australian Government agency owns or controls one or more places with Commonwealth heritage values, it must prepare a heritage strategy within two years from the first time they own or control a heritage place (section 341ZA).
A heritage strategy is a written document that integrates heritage conservation and management within an agency's overall property planning and management framework. Its purpose is to help an agency manage and report on the steps it has taken to protect and conserve the commonwealth heritage values of the properties under its ownership or control. The heritage strategy for AMSA's AtoN assets was completed and approved by the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment in 2018 and reviewed in 2022. The latest version of the Strategy is available online.P37F[42]

Heritage asset condition report

A heritage asset condition report is a written document that details the heritage fabric of a site with an in-depth description of each architectural and structural element. The