Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01271:reg:2019:p18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01271
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2019 (pt 18/24)
Character Range: 112784–115874

value due to its contribution to the establishment of New South
 Wales' 'highway of lights', and its assistance to east
 coast shipping at the turn of the twentieth century.

 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:

•          the continued use of the lighthouse as an AtoN

•          the architectural quality of the building

•          the Henry-Lepuate lens, and rotating  mercury
   pedestal

•          the moveable artefacts (Diesel lister SR3 generator ex Cape Byron, original clockwork mechanism, phone in lantern room, and original curved visitors desk)
•          the interior spaces and features (which are notable for their design, details, and/or their original lighthouse function). These include:
    -  North and south pavilion rooms

    -  Intermediate floors

    -  Ground floor

    -  Spiral staircase and weight tube

    -  Lantern room

    -  Lens assembly

•          the external spaces and features (which are notable for their design, details, and/or their original lighthouse function). These include:
    -  Lantern roof and glazing

    -  External catwalk, and balcony

    -  Lighthouse walls, windows

    -  Pavilion room walls and windows

    -  Pavilion roof

    -  Pavilion doors

    -  Apron paving

Referral and approvals of action

 The EPBC Regulations 2000 requires approval from the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water,
 Population and Communities for all actions likely  to have a significant impact on matters of National Environmental Significance (NES).

 The Regulations provides that actions:

•          taken on Commonwealth land which are likely to have a significant impact on the environment will require the approval of the Minister

•          taken outside Commonwealth land which are likely to have a significant impact on the environment on Commonwealth land, will require the approval by the Minister

•          taken by the Australian Government or its agencies which are likely to have a significant impact on the environment anywhere will require approval by the Minister.

 The definition of 'environment' in the EPBC Regulations 2000 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 is available online.i

Heritage Asset