Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00002:reg:2015:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00002
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2015 (pt 9/16)
Character Range: 512644–515372

enables management to proceed in an orderly way, provides a framework for management decisions and reconciling competing interests, and identifies priorities for the allocation of available resources.
The EPBC Act requires the Board of Management to prepare a management plan for the park in conjunction with the Director. When prepared, a plan is given to the Minister administering the EPBC Act for approval. A management plan is a 'legislative instrument' for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 and must be registered under that Act. Following registration, the plan is tabled in each house of the Commonwealth Parliament and may be disallowed by either house on a motion moved within 15 sitting days of the house after tabling.
A management plan for a Commonwealth reserve has effect for 10 years, subject to being revoked or amended earlier by another management plan for the reserve. The Director must give effect to a management plan in operation for a Commonwealth reserve. The Commonwealth and Commonwealth agencies must also not perform functions or exercise powers in relation to the reserve inconsistently with the plan (s.362).
Matters to be taken into account in a management plan

Under the EPBC Act (s.367) a management plan for a Commonwealth reserve must provide for the protection and conservation of the reserve. In particular, each management plan must:
    * assign the reserve to an IUCN protected area category (whether or not a proclamation has assigned the reserve or a zone of the reserve to that IUCN category); and

    * state how the reserve, or each zone of the reserve, is to be managed; and

    * state how the natural features of the reserve, or of each zone of the reserve, are to be protected and conserved; and

    * if the Director holds land or seabed included in the reserve under lease – be consistent with the Director's obligations under the lease; and

    * specify any limitation or prohibition on the exercise of a power, or performance of a function, under the EPBC Act in or in relation to the reserve; and

    * specify any mining operation, major excavation or other works that may be carried on in the reserve, and the conditions under which it may be carried on; and

    * specify any other operation or activity that may be carried on in the reserve; and

    * indicate generally the activities that are to be prohibited or regulated in the reserve, and the means of prohibiting or regulating them; and

    * indicate how the plan takes account of Australia's obligations under each agreement with one or more other countries that is relevant to the reserve (including World Heritage Convention and the Ramsar Convention, if appropriate); and

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