Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

A Commonwealth agency that makes a plan for managing a Commonwealth Heritage place may ask the Minister to endorse the plan. If the Commonwealth agency does so, it must give the Minister a copy of the plan.

The Minister must decide within 60 business days of being given the copy of the plan whether or not to endorse the plan.

Within 10 business days of making the decision, the Minister must inform the Commonwealth agency in writing of the decision and publish on the internet a notice of the decision.

The Minister:

may only endorse a plan that the Minister is satisfied provides for the conservation of the Commonwealth Heritage values of the place concerned; and

must not endorse a plan that the Minister considers is inconsistent with the Commonwealth Heritage management principles (see Subdivision D).

The Minister may, at any time, revoke an endorsement of a plan if the Minister considers it appropriate to do so.