Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister must make a written plan to protect and manage the National Heritage values of each National Heritage place that is entirely within one or more Commonwealth areas. The Minister must do so as soon as practicable after the first time the place satisfies both of the following paragraphs:
(a) the place is included in the National Heritage List;
(b) the place is entirely within one or more Commonwealth areas.
Note: However, section 324T precludes the Minister from making plans for managing certain places.
(2) The Minister may, in writing, amend a plan or revoke and replace a plan.
(3) The Minister must give notice, in accordance with the regulations, if the Minister:
(a) makes a plan for a National Heritage place; or
(b) amends such a plan; or
(c) revokes and replaces such a plan.
(4) A plan must:
(a) address the matters prescribed by the regulations; and
(b) not be inconsistent with the National Heritage management principles (see Subdivision E).
(5) If the National Heritage management principles change so that a plan (the earlier plan ) is inconsistent with them, the Minister must as soon as practicable make a written instrument:
(a) amending the earlier plan to make it consistent with the principles; or
(b) revoking and replacing the earlier plan.
(6) Before making, amending or revoking and replacing a plan, the Minister must:
(a) seek in accordance with the regulations, and consider, comments from anyone about the matters to be addressed by the proposed plan or amendment; and
(b) seek and consider comments from the Australian Heritage Council about those matters.
(7) A plan, an amendment of a plan, or a revocation and replacement of a plan, is a legislative instrument.