Sch 5Australian World Heritage management principles

Schedule 5—Australian World Heritage management principles

(regulation 10.01)

 

1  General principles

 1.01 The primary purpose of management of natural heritage and cultural heritage of a declared World Heritage property must be, in accordance with Australia’s obligations under the World Heritage Convention, to identify, protect, conserve, present, transmit to future generations and, if appropriate, rehabilitate the World Heritage values of the property.

 1.02 The management should provide for public consultation on decisions and actions that may have a significant impact on the property.

 1.03 The management should make special provision, if appropriate, for the involvement in managing the property of people who:

 (a) have a particular interest in the property; and

 (b) may be affected by the management of the property.

 1.04 The management should provide for continuing community and technical input in managing the property.

2  Management planning

 2.01 At least 1 management plan should be prepared for each declared World Heritage property.

 2.02 A management plan for a declared World Heritage property should:

 (a) state the World Heritage values of the property for which it is prepared; and

 (b) include adequate processes for public consultation on proposed elements of the plan; and

 (c) state what must be done to ensure that the World Heritage values of the property are identified, conserved, protected, presented, transmitted to future generations and, if appropriate, rehabilitated; and

 (d) state mechanisms to deal with the impacts of actions that individually or cumulatively degrade, or threaten to degrade, the World Heritage values of the property; and

 (e) provide that management actions for values, that are not World Heritage values, are consistent with the management of the World Heritage values of the property; and

 (f) promote the integration of Commonwealth, State or Territory and local government responsibilities for the property; and

 (g) provide for continuing monitoring and reporting on the state of the World Heritage values of the property; and

 (h) be reviewed at intervals of not more than 7 years.

3  Environmental impact assessment and approval

 3.01 This principle applies to the assessment of an action that is likely to have a significant impact on the World Heritage values of a property (whether the action is to occur inside the property or not).

 3.02 Before the action is taken, the likely impact of the action on the World Heritage values of the property should be assessed under a statutory environmental impact assessment and approval process.