Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to a National Heritage place that is not entirely within one or more Commonwealth areas and is:
(a) in a State; or
(b) in a self - governing Territory; or
(c) on, over or under the seabed vested in a State by the Coastal Waters (State Title) Act 1980 or in the Northern Territory by the Coastal Waters (Northern Territory Title) Act 1980 .
(2) The Commonwealth must use its best endeavours to ensure a plan for managing the place, that is not inconsistent with the National Heritage management principles, is prepared and implemented in co - operation with the State or Territory.
(2A) Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to so much of a place as is in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Note: A zoning plan must be prepared under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 for areas that are part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. In preparing a zoning plan, regard must be had to the National Heritage management principles.
(3) 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 place in a way that is not inconsistent with:
(a) the National Heritage management principles; or
(b) the plan for managing the place, if one has been prepared under subsection (2).