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significant impact on the environment on Commonwealth land. The park is Commonwealth land for the purposes of the EPBC Act.
Responsibility for compliance with the assessment and approval provisions of the EPBC Act lies with persons taking relevant 'controlled' actions. A person proposing to take an action that the person thinks may be or is a controlled action should refer the proposal to the Minister for the Minister's decision whether or not the action is a controlled action. The Director of National Parks may also refer proposed actions to the Minister.

Penalties
Civil and/or criminal penalties may be imposed for breaches of the Act or Regulations.

Fees and charges
Under s.356A of the EPBC Act the Director may, with the Minister's approval, set and impose charges for activities in the park.
Fees may also be prescribed by Schedule 11 of the EPBC Regulations in relation to issuing and managing permits. At the commencement of this plan there were fees in place under the EPBC Regulations for issuing permits for commercial activities in Pulu Keeling National Park. Fees may also apply for the capturing of images or audio in the park, subject to any prohibition or restriction made by the Director.
The Director may also issue subleases and licences for activities to occur in Commonwealth reserves. Under this plan, the Director may determine the fee for each sublessee or licensee and the length of any sublease or licence (Policy 7.5.3).

Wildlife protection
The EPBC Act also contains provisions (Part 13) that prohibit and regulate actions in relation to listed threatened species and ecological communities, listed migratory species, cetaceans (whales and dolphins) and listed marine species. Appendix E to this plan identifies species in the park that are listed as threatened under the EPBC Act at the time of preparing this plan. Appendix E also identifies migratory and marine species that are listed under the EPBC Act and under international conventions, treaties and agreements at the time of preparing this plan.
Actions taken in a Commonwealth reserve in accordance with a management plan in relation to members of species listed under Part 13 of the Act are exempt from prohibitions that would otherwise apply under Part 13.
Part 9 of the EPBC Regulations provides for the protection and conservation of biodiversity in the Cocos (Keeling) Island Territory outside the boundaries of the park and prohibits and/or regulates actions affecting members of native species specified in Schedule 12 to the Regulations, and their habitat.

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