Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1994 No. 388 WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTIES CONSERVATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 2

2.1 After regulation 3E, insert: Prescribed acts-property to which section 9
applies

"3F. (1) In this regulation:
'native plant' means:

   (a)  a plant that is indigenous to Australia; and

   (b)  a plant of a kind introduced into Australia, directly or indirectly,
        by Aboriginals before the year 1788;
'plant' means any member, alive or dead, of the plant kingdom or the fungus
kingdom, and includes a seed and a part of a plant;
'relevant property' means property described in Schedule 2D.



"(2) For the purposes of subsection 9 (1) of the Act, each of the following
acts is prescribed in relation to the relevant property:

   (a)  performing excavating or other earth-moving works, including dredging;

   (b)  killing, removing or damaging a native plant;

   (c)  disturbing soil (including marine sediment) in such a way as to damage
        a native plant;

   (d)  constructing, establishing, maintaining or continuing to construct,
        establish or maintain:

        (i)    a breakwater; or

        (ii)   a revetment; or

        (iii)  any other substantial structure;

   (e)  carrying out work preparatory to an act referred to in paragraph (d);

   (f)  carrying out work associated with an act referred to in paragraph (d);

   (g)  introducing fluid into a body of water adjacent to or in the relevant
        property;

   (h)  permitting, authorising, directing or ordering, or purporting to
        permit, authorise, direct or order, the doing of an act of a kind
        referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g); unless
        the act is so performed that no damage will occur to the relevant
        property or part of the relevant property, and whether the act is
        performed alone or in connection with another act.