Sch 7A

Schedule 7A—Management plans for Commonwealth Heritage places

(regulation 10.03B)

 

  A management plan must:

 (a) establish objectives for the identification, protection, conservation, presentation and transmission of the Commonwealth Heritage values of the place; and

 (b) provide a management framework that includes reference to any statutory requirements and agency mechanisms for the protection of the Commonwealth Heritage values of the place; and

 (c) provide a comprehensive description of the place, including information about its location, physical features, condition, historical context and current uses; and

 (d) provide a description of the Commonwealth Heritage values and any other heritage values of the place; and

 (e) describe the condition of the Commonwealth Heritage values of the place; and

 (f) describe the method used to assess the Commonwealth Heritage values of the place; and

 (g) describe the current management requirements and goals, including proposals for change and any potential pressures on the Commonwealth Heritage values of the place; and

 (h) have policies to manage the Commonwealth Heritage values of a place, and include in those policies, guidance in relation to the following:

 (i) the management and conservation processes to be used;

 (ii) the access and security arrangements, including access to the area for indigenous people to maintain cultural traditions;

 (iii) the stakeholder and community consultation and liaison arrangements;

 (iv) the policies and protocols to ensure that indigenous people participate in the management process;

 (v) the protocols for the management of sensitive information;

 (vi) the planning and management of works, development, adaptive reuse and property divestment proposals;

 (vii) how unforeseen discoveries or disturbance of heritage are to be managed;

 (viii) how, and under what circumstances, heritage advice is to be obtained;

 (ix) how the condition of Commonwealth Heritage values is to be monitored and reported;

 (x) how records of intervention and maintenance of a heritage places register are kept;

 (xi) the research, training and resources needed to improve management;

 (xii) how heritage values are to be interpreted and promoted; and

 (i) include an implementation plan; and

 (j) show how the implementation of policies will be monitored; and

 (k) show how the management plan will be reviewed.