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Heritage protection
Commonwealth Heritage List
At the time of preparing this plan North Keeling Island is a listed place on the Commonwealth Heritage List under the EPBC Act. The Commonwealth Heritage values of the park are described in Appendix D.
The EPBC Act heritage protection provisions (ss.341A to 341ZH) relevantly provide:
    * for establishment and maintenance of a Commonwealth Heritage List, criteria and values for inclusion of places in the list and management principles for places included in the list
    * that Commonwealth agencies that own or control places must:
     1. prepare a written heritage strategy for managing those places to protect and conserve their Commonwealth Heritage values. The strategy must address any matters required by the EPBC Regulations, and not be inconsistent with the Commonwealth Heritage management principles
     2. identify Commonwealth Heritage values for each place, and produce a register that sets out the Commonwealth Heritage values (if any) for each place (and do so within the timeframe set out in the place's heritage strategy)
    * that Commonwealth agencies must not take an action that is likely to have an adverse impact on the heritage values of a place included in the Commonwealth Heritage list unless there is no feasible and prudent alternative to taking the action, and all measures that can reasonably be taken to mitigate the impact of the action on those values are taken.
The boundaries of the Commonwealth Heritage site comprise the whole of the island and lagoon and the surrounding ocean within 1.5 kilometres of the high water mark (see Map 4).
The prescriptions within this management plan are consistent with Commonwealth Heritage management principles (Schedule 7B of the EPBC Regulations) and obligations for protecting and conserving the heritage values for which the park was listed, as required by the EPBC Act. Appendix I of this plan indicates how the plan complies with Schedule 7B of the Regulations.
Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976
The wreck of the SMS Emden is a declared historic shipwreck under the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976. The Act prohibits conduct that destroys or causes damage to a historic shipwreck; causes interference with a historic shipwreck; causes the disposal of a historic shipwreck; or causes a historic shipwreck to be removed from Australia.
The area of sea within a 500 metre radius around the remains of the SMS Emden to the lowest astronomical tide is a declared protected zone under the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976, (see Map 4). Relics from the Emden located on the beach and the island are also protected under the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976. The Historic Shipwrecks Regulations 1978 prohibit certain activities in a protected zone unless they are done in accordance with a permit under the