Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Heritage Act 1995 - SECT 62O

Preparation of World Heritage Management Plan

62O. Preparation of World Heritage Management Plan



(1) The Steering Committee for a listed place must prepare a draft World
Heritage Management Plan for that place.

(2) A World Heritage Management Plan must-

   (a)  state the world heritage values of the listed place; and

   (b)  set out policies designed to ensure that the world heritage values of
        the listed place are identified, conserved, protected, presented,
        transmitted to future generations and, if appropriate, rehabilitated;
        and

   (c)  set out mechanisms designed to deal with the impacts of actions that
        individually or cumulatively degrade, or threaten to degrade, the
        world heritage values of the listed place; and

   (d)  provide for management actions for values (other than world heritage
        values) that are consistent with the management of the world heritage
        values of the listed place; and

   (e)  state that the processes for public consultation set out in Division 3
        of Part 3A of the Heritage Act 1995 apply to the World Heritage
        Management Plan; and

   (f)  not be inconsistent with Australia's obligations under the World
        Heritage Convention within the meaning of the
        Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 of the
        Commonwealth; and

   (g)  not be inconsistent with the Australian World Heritage management
        principles within the meaning of the
        Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 of the
        Commonwealth.