2Commencement and aims of Plan

2 Commencement and aims of Plan

2 Commencement and aims of Plan

(1) This Plan commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

(2) The aims of this Plan are as follows—

(a) to conserve the World Heritage values of Lord Howe Island and to restore or enhance lost or disturbed natural resources of the Island,

(b) to conserve and facilitate the management of the marine environment of the Island and the resources of that environment,

(c) to protect threatened species, populations and ecological communities, and their habitats,

(d) to encourage the ecologically sustainable use of resources,

(e) to encourage community appreciation of the World Heritage values of the Island,

(f) to enhance the wellbeing and welfare of individuals and the Island’s community by pursuing economic development that safeguards the welfare of future generations,

(g) to facilitate the proper management, development and conservation of the Island’s World Heritage natural environment, the Island’s cultural heritage and the Island lifestyle,

(h) to identify suitable land for the provision of housing and community services for the Island’s population while acknowledging suitable land for these purposes is limited,

(i) to enable, on the limited land available for agriculture, sustainable agriculture (that is, agriculture that contributes to the Island’s economy and also protects the biological and physical resource base on which it depends),

(j) to ensure that public utility undertakings are carried out on the Island in a manner that minimises any environmental impact on the Island of those undertakings,

(k) to acknowledge the importance of tourism to the Island economy and permit future development of tourism within limits,

(l) to ensure that tourism on the Island does not adversely affect the lifestyle of residents, or the World Heritage environmental qualities, of the Island, but enables visitors and residents to enjoy the Island,

(m) to ensure the conservation of relics, specified heritage items and the heritage significance of those relics and heritage items (including the settings of those heritage items),