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5  Reasons for decision
 (1) I decide to remove, from the Commonwealth Heritage List entry for the Villawood Immigration Centre, the criterion D heritage value because:
 (a) as a result of the above finding, the Villawood Immigration Centre no longer satisfies criterion D, as it no longer has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place's importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of:
    (i) a class of Australia's natural or cultural places; or
 (ii) a class of Australia's natural or cultural environments; and
 (b) as a result, the Villawood Immigration Centre no longer has the criterion D heritage value; and
 (c) as a result, I am able to exercise the discretion under paragraph 341L(3)(a) of the Act to remove the criterion D heritage value from the Commonwealth Heritage List for the Villawood Immigration Centre; and
 (d) there are no countervailing reasons not to exercise this discretion in this manner.
 (2) In accordance with paragraph 341L(3)(a) of the Act, in reaching this view, I have ignored the effect of subsection 341D(2) of the Act. This subsection provides that the "Commonwealth Heritage values" of a Commonwealth Heritage place are the Commonwealth Heritage values of the place included in the Commonwealth Heritage List for the place. That is to say, subsection 341D(2) of the Act has the effect of deeming that the Villawood Immigration Centre does have, relevantly, the criterion D heritage value.

SUSSAN LEY
Minister for the Environment