Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00993:reg:7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00993
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7
Character Range: 16308–16962

7  Purposes for Commonwealth reserves
  For paragraph 346(1)(b) of the Act, each Commonwealth reserve mentioned in Schedules 1 to 5 has the following purposes:
 (a) to protect and maintain biological diversity in the reserve;
 (b) to contribute to the objectives of the national representative system of marine protected areas.
Note: The national representative system of marine protected areas (NRSMPA) is an Australian Government marine conservation program that ensures the conservation and sustainable use of Australia's marine and estuarine environments. In 2013 further information about the NRSMPA was available at http://www.environment.gov.au.