ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 322 Commonwealth responsibilities
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 322
Commonwealth responsibilities(1) This section applies in relation to a property that is a declared World Heritage property.
(2) The Commonwealth and each Commonwealth agency must take all reasonable steps to ensure it exercises its powers and performs its functions in relation to the property in a way that is not inconsistent with:
(a) the World Heritage Convention; and
(b) the Australian World Heritage management principles; and
(c) if the property is on the World Heritage List and a plan for
managing the property has been prepared as described in section
321--that plan.