Removing a place from the Commonwealth Heritage List (Cth)

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

REMOVING A PLACE FROM THE COMMONWEALTH HERITAGE LIST

I, Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, have become aware that the following place included in the Commonwealth Heritage List (by instrument published in the Gazette identified below) is no longer in a Commonwealth area.

Place State/Territory Date of determination Gazette Bungalow 702 EXT 22/06/2004 Gazette P5, 15/07/2004

Accordingly, I remove the places (described in Schedule 1) from the Commonwealth Heritage List in accordance with section 341L(1)(a) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

A statement of reasons for the removal is attached.

Dated 04/02/2023

Tanya Plibersek Minister for the Environment and Water

Schedule 1

STATE / TERRITORY Local Government Name Location / Boundary

External Territory Shire of Christmas Island

Bungalow 702 Lam Lok Loh, Drumsite, Christmas Island.

STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR THE REMOVAL OF PLACE FROM THE COMMONWEALTH HERITAGE LIST UNDER SECTION 341L(1)(a) OF THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999

1. I, Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, provide this statement of reasons for the removal of the following place from the Commonwealth Heritage List under section 341L(1)(a) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the Act): Bungalow 702 (EXT).

LEGISLATION

2. Section 341L(1)(a) of the Act provides that I must remove all or part of a place from the Commonwealth Heritage List as soon as practicable after I become aware that the place or part thereof is no longer in a Commonwealth area. Section 525 of the Act provides that a "Commonwealth area" includes land owned or leased by the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth agency, and land in a Commonwealth reserve. A place or part of a place can only be removed from the Commonwealth Heritage List by an instrument published in the Gazette which includes a statement of reasons for the removal (section 341L(4)).