Part 13A of the EPBC Act (which replaced the Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982 on 11 January 2002) regulates the export and import of wildlife for Australia and its external territories and gives effect to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to which Australia is a signatory (see section 20 of this Plan).

 

18. Other legislation

In addition to legislation referred to elsewhere in this Plan the following Commonwealth Acts and Ordinances of the Territory of Christmas Island are relevant either directly or indirectly to the management of the Park:

• Migratory Birds Ordinance 1980 – gives effect to agreements between the Government of Australia and other Governments for the protection of migratory birds (see section 20)

• Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975 – Establishes a Register of the National Estate and requires Commonwealth Ministers and authorities not to take action that will have an adverse effect on registered places, as part of the National Estate, unless there is no feasible and prudent alternative. The Park and the ocean and sea floor surrounding Christmas Island within 500m of Low Water Mark on the island, were listed in the Register on 15 May 1990

• Fisheries Management Act 1991 – regulates fishing in the Australian Fishing Zone (the waters within the outer limits of the 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone adjacent to the coast of Australia and each external Territory, excluding the 3 nautical mile coastal waters adjacent to the Australian States and the Northern Territory):

• Administration Ordinance 1968;

• Casino Control Ordinance 1988;

• Customs Ordinance 1993;

• Importation of Dogs and Cats Ordinance 1973;

• Lands Ordinance 1987; and

• Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance.

 

Western Australian laws are applied to Christmas Island under the amended Christmas Island Act 1958 as the result of the law reform process begun in 1992. The applied laws include the following Acts:

• Agriculture and Related Resources Protection Act 1976 – provides for agricultural and quarantine matters;

• Dog Act 1976 – provides for the control of dogs;

• Environmental Protection Act 1986 – provides for the protection, control and abatement of environmental pollution;

• Health Act 1911 – provides for the protection of human health;

• Firearms Act 1973 – regulates the ownership and control of firearms;

• Litter Act 1979 – provides for the abatement of litter;

• Marine and Harbours Act 1981 which regulates boating;