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that are to be prohibited or regulated in the reserve, and the means of prohibiting or regulating them; and
   (i)          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 the Ramsar Convention); and
   (j)          if the reserve includes a National Heritage place:
      -             not be inconsistent with the National Heritage management principles; and
      -             address the matters prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of paragraph 324S(4)(a); and
   (k)        if the reserve includes a Commonwealth Heritage place:
      -             not be inconsistent with the Commonwealth Heritage management principles; and
      -             address the matters prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of paragraph 341S(4)(a).
In preparing a management plan the EPBC Act (s.368) also requires account to be taken of various matters. In respect to Pulu Keeling National Park these matters include:
    (a)           the regulation of the use of the park for the purpose for which it was declared
    (b)           the interests of any person who has a usage right relating to land, sea or seabed in the park that existed (or is derived from a usage right that existed) immediately before the park was declared
    (c)            the protection of the special features of the park, including objects and sites of biological, historical, palaeontological, archaeological, geological and geographical interest
    (d)           the protection, conservation and management of biodiversity and heritage within the park
    (e)           the protection of the park against damage
    (f)             Australia's obligations under agreements between Australia and one or more other countries relevant to the protection and conservation of biodiversity and heritage.

IUCN category and zoning
In addition to assigning a Commonwealth reserve to an IUCN category, a management plan may divide a Commonwealth reserve into zones and assign each zone to an IUCN category. The category to which a zone is assigned may differ from the category to which the reserve is assigned (s.367(2)).
The provisions of a management plan must not be inconsistent with the Australian reserve management principles prescribed in Schedule 8 to the EPBC Regulations for the IUCN category to which the reserve or a zone of the reserve is assigned (s.367(3)). See Section 2 for information on Pulu Keeling National Park's IUCN category.

Control of actions in Commonwealth reserves
The EPBC Act (ss.354 and 354A) prohibits certain actions being taken in Commonwealth reserves except in accordance with a management plan. These actions are:
     * kill, injure, take, trade, keep or move a member of a native species; or
     * damage heritage; or
     * carry on an excavation; or
     * erect a building or other structure; or
     * carry out works; or
     * take an action for commercial purposes.
Mining operations