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follow to meet its obligations under the EPBC Act.

7.3. Great Barrier Reef Heritage Strategy
The Great Barrier Reef Heritage Strategy is currently being reviewed and updated.  The current strategy states that any action the GBRMPA or its lessees might take that is likely to impact on the heritage values of a Commonwealth Heritage place will be consistent with the Commonwealth heritage management principles. This heritage management plan is intended to be consistent with these principles and aims to identify, protect, conserve, present and transmit to all gener­ations the heritage values of the place.

7.4. Other plans and management considerations
In addition, the use of the lightstation is covered under several existing management con­­trols. These include Commonwealth Island zoning, the leases and permit require­ments. Ongoing consultation with the private lessee takes place as part of these con­trols to ensure any new proposals for use or pressures on the precinct are addressed through the appropriate management framework. The Great Barrier Reef Heritage Strategy includes a dispute resolution process to deal with works proposals that might impact on heritage values. Early consultation with the Heritage and Wildlife Division in the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities in the planning stage of proposals can assist with assessments of likely impacts on the heritage values of the place. These matters are expanded upon in this document's conservation policies.

7.5. Statutory requirements

7.5.1. Commonwealth legislation
This heritage management plan has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the EPBC Act and the EPBC Regulations, and with consideration for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 (GBRMP Act) the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 1983, the Navigation Act 2012 and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990.

The main object of GBRMP Act is to provide for the long term protection and conservation of the environment, biodiversity and heritage values of the Great Barrier Reef Region.

The EPBC Act requires the GBRMPA and AMSA to prepare management plans that satisfy the obligations included in the EPBC Regulations. The principal features that a management plan must provide are:

         * A description of the place, its heritage values, their condition and the method used to assess its significance;

         * An administrative management framework;

         * A description of any proposals for change;

         * An array of conservation policies that protect and manage the place;

         * An implementation plan; and

         * The ways that the policies will be monitored and how the management plan will be reviewed.

7.5.2. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park zoning
Under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning Plan 2003, part of Dent Island is designated a Commonwealth Islands Zone and may be used or entered without permission for low impact