Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L01343:reg:16:p35
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L01343
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 16 (pt 35/51)
Character Range: 299267–302085

and may contain general and specific conditions. A Permit may be issued by a national authority to cover a number of visits in a season by the same operator. Parties operating in the Commonwealth Bay area shall consult together and with non-government operators interested in visiting the Area to ensure that visitors are managed appropriately.
General conditions for issuing a Permit to enter the ASPA may include:
    * activities related to conservation, inspection, maintenance, research and/or monitoring purposes;
    * management activities consistent with and/or in support of the management objectives of the ASPA Management Plan objectives; and
    * educational purposes and activities, including tourism, consistent with the aims and objectives of this Management Plan.
The Permit should be issued for a stated period and shall be carried within the Area. A visit report must be supplied to the authority named in the Permit within three (3) months of the expiry date of the Permit.

8(i) Access to and movement within or over the Area
Onshore access to and within the huts is on foot. Depending on snow conditions, a short boardwalk close to the Main Hut may be accessible and should be used whenever practicable so as to avoid potential impact on the artefact scatter to the north of the Main Hut.
Authorised work parties, when undertaking conservation work on the huts, may use small all-terrain vehicles within the Area to assist with the transport of materials and equipment to and from the buildings.

8(i). Visitor management
Day visits to Mawson's Huts may be permitted, 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;
    * briefings on this Management Plan and the values of the ASPA are conducted prior to visits and adequate site interpretation materials are made available to each visitor;
    * visitors accessing the Area avoid sensitive historic artefacts, such as the artefacts scatter to the immediate north of the Main Hut, and other sensitive areas, such as lichen communities; and
    * visitors do not touch the exterior fabric of the buildings or any artefacts.
Visitors may enter the Main Hut and Magnetograph House provided that:
    * a person who has approved cultural heritage skills accompanies all visitors inside the huts;
    * visitation of the interior of the huts is limited to up to four (4) persons (including the guide) at any one time inside the Main Hut, and up to three (3) persons (including the guide) in the Magnetograph House; and
    * artefacts, scientific and related conservation management equipment and the interior building fabric are not touched.
Authorised work parties undertaking approved conservation and/or