Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection (Butterfly Cave, West Wallsend, NSW) Declaration 2019
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This instrument is the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection (Butterfly Cave, West Wallsend, NSW) Declaration 2019.
2 Commencement
This instrument commences on the day after registration.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under section 10 of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984.
4 Definitions
In this instrument:
Act means the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984.
authorised person has the meaning given by subsection 6(5).
boundary line has the meaning given by item 1 of Schedule 1.
declared area means the area described in section 5 of this instrument.
Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94) means Australia’s current national datum system. A geodetic datum is a system of latitude and longitude coordinates and reference points that is used to locate places on the Earth.
MGA94 means the Map Grid of Australia, the standard map projection associated with GDA94. It is a ‘Cartesian coordinate system’ which uses eastings and northings rather than latitude/longitude, and in which the world is divided up into 60 zones for reference.
land includes soil and vegetation.
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984, including the following:
Part 2—Declaration to preserve and protect a significant Aboriginal area
5 Declared area
(1) The area to which this declaration applies (the declared area) is the area bounded by the boundary line.
Note: The boundary line is defined in Schedule 1.
(2) The position of the declared area is to be determined by reference to the Geocentric Datum of Australia 94 and MGA94 .
Note: Geocentric Datum of Australia and MGA94 are defined in section 4.
The map illustrates the declared area under section 10 of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 (3) The following map illustrates the declared area:
6 Prohibitions and restrictions with respect to the declared area
(1) For section 10 of the Act, the declared area is a significant Aboriginal area that is to be preserved and protected from injury and desecration.
(2) A person must not do any act in, on or near the declared area that will, or is likely to, injure or desecrate the declared area.
Note: Subsection 3(2) of the Act relevantly states that for the purposes of the Act, an area shall be taken to be injured or desecrated if:
Note: (i) it is used or treated in a manner inconsistent with Aboriginal tradition;
Note: (ii) by reason of anything done in, on or near the area, the use or significance of the area in accordance with Aboriginal tradition is adversely affected; or
Note: (iii) passage through or over, or entry upon, the area by any person occurs in a manner inconsistent with Aboriginal Tradition.
Note: Under subsection 22(1) of the Act, a person commits an offence if the person engages in conduct that contravenes a provision of a declaration made under Part II of the Act in relation to a significant Aboriginal area.
(3) Without limiting subsection (2), a person must not:
(a) pass through or over, or enter, the declared area; or
(b) conduct any activity that will, or is likely to, damage or deface any rock or land in the declared area; or
(c) bulldoze, grade, drill, excavate, cut, fill, blast, clear, demolish, tunnel, burn, remove, or otherwise damage land in the declared area; or
(d) build or construct any road, building or structure in, or intruding into, the declared area; or
(e) conduct any activity that will, or is likely to, disturb soil or vegetation in the declared area, [except where consistent with a plan of management made under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (NSW) that has been endorsed by the Awabakal Local Aboriginal Land Council];
(f) disturb vegetation on land surrounding the declared area in a manner that will increase the visibility of the area.
Note: Under subsection 22(1) of the Act, a person commits an offence if the person engages in conduct that contravenes a provision of a declaration made under Part II of the Act in relation to a significant Aboriginal area.
(4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to acts done by an authorised person:
(a) for the purposes of practising or observing Aboriginal traditions, observances, cultural practices, customs, or beliefs;
(b) for the purposes of education, research, management, monitoring, revegetation, restoration or rehabilitation; or
(c) where doing the act is authorised or required by law.
(5) A person is an authorised person in relation to the doing of an act if:
(a) the person has received permission to do the act from the Awabakal Local Aboriginal Land Council; or
(b) the person is authorised or required by law to do the act.
(6) For the purposes of paragraph 5(b), a person is authorised or required by law to do an act if a plan of management under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (NSW) that has been developed in consultation with, and endorsed by the Awabakal Local Aboriginal Land Council and that plan of management authorises or requires the doing of the act.
(7) For the purposes of paragraph 5(b), subject to subsection (6), a person is not authorised or required by law to do an act merely because the person has received an approval, permission, authority or consent to undertake activities in connection with using or developing land in, on or near the declared area.
Schedule 1—Boundary line
1 Boundary line of the declared area
(1) The boundary line is a line commencing at the point in item 1 of the following table and proceeding through each of the coordinates listed in column 1 of the table in the manner described in column 2 of the table:
Item
Column 1
Column 2
The line runs from this point…
thence…
1
The whole of the area bounded by a line commencing at the point MGA Zone 56 367954mE and 6358379mN
and then generally north east to the point
2
367989mE and 6358402mN
then generally north east to the point
3
368001mE and 6358415mN
then generally north east to the point
4
368007mE and 6358417mN
then generally east to the point
5
368016mE and 6358416mN
then generally north east to the point
6
368028mE and 6358420mN
then generally north east to the point
7
368034mE and 6358425mN
then generally north east to the point
8
368070mE and 6358436mN
then generally north east to the point
9
368134mE and 6358483mN
then generally north east to the point
10
368140mE and 6358494mN
then generally north east to the point
11
368170mE and 6358517mN
then generally north east to the point
12
368337mE and 6358592mN
then generally south to the point
13
368344mE and 6358480mN
then generally south west to the point
14
368332mE and 6358420mN
then generally south west to the point
15
368314mE and 6358367mN
then generally south west to the point
16
368292mE and 6358319mN
then generally south west to the point
17
368247mE and 6358237mN
then generally north west to the point
18
368176mE and 6358278mN
then generally north west to the point
19
368138mE and 6358311mN
then generally north west to the point
20
368102mE and 6358351mN
then generally north west to the point
21
368093mE and 6358358mN
then generally north west to the point
22
368084mE and 6358362mN
then generally west to the point
23
368071mE and 6358362mN
then generally west to the point
24
368064mE and 6358360mN
then generally west to the point
25
368044mE and 6358359mN
then generally south west to the point
26
368032mE and 6358353mN
then generally south west to the point
27
367985mE and 6358335mN
then generally south west to the point
28
367969mE and 6358327mN
then generally north west back to the point of commencement
(2) Directions included in the table in subitem (1) are indicative only.