OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE AND CURTILAGE HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2008–2013

7. Implementation and Review
Part B – Management
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Implementation Plan
The implementation of this Heritage Management
Plan will be based on the Implementation Plan Part C
Chapter II and incorporated into the annual business
programs of Old Parliament House. Priorities will be
determined by the:
• policies and strategies
• risk analysis
• condition and integrity of the values
• importance to the effectiveness of the Heritage
Management Plan
• availability of funding and human resources; and
• any specific requirements from the Cabinet
Secretary.
The Implementation Plan will be applied in accordance
with the Heritage Management Plan and will fulfil the
requirements of Schedules 5A (Management Plans for
National Heritage Places) and 7A (Management Plans
for Commonwealth Heritage Places) of the Environment
Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment
Regulations 2003 (No 1), including:
• the identification of who is responsible for specific
tasks
• a commitment to best practice principles and
techniques in heritage management; and
• the implementation of conflict resolution proceedures
through the Actions Committee.
Monitoring
The plan will be monitored through the following
methods:
1. Condition of the Values
• The condition of the tangible and intangible attributes
of the values will be monitored annually via an
external assessment of the condition of the values.
This assessment will utilize the base line condition
determined during the first year of the inception
of the plan and assess the effectiveness of the
Permitted Action Schedules. Conservation treatment
and associated condition assessments on individual
components or collection items will also be factored
into this process.
• Intangible attributes of the values will also be
monitored through internal and external evaluation
of the implementation of the Interpretation Plan.
This will occur after the completion of a project
(as necessary) and routinely as part of the external
condition of values assessment.
2. Action Proposal Process
• Records of all Action Proposals, associated
decisions and the reasons for decisions will be kept
for reporting purposes and will aid in determining
the condition of the values and in monitoring the
effectiveness of the Action Assessment Process.
Review
A full review of the plan will commence five years after
it has been adopted. This review may be conducted
by an external party. All subsidiary plans will also be
reviewed on a five-yearly basis or as outlined in the
policies. This review will principally be confined to
possible amendments associated with:
• pertinent new research findings or information
• emergence of important previously unforseen
management issues that impact on the heritage
values of the place; and
• the result of monitoring programs, where they
indicate that the policies contained in the plan do not
achieve the stated management objectives.
The plan will remain in force until such time as a new
plan is adopted.
The left shoe of the bronze statue of King George V is constantly touched by visitors,
and was lent on or touched regularly by staff and politicians when Parliament sat in
the building
Source: Old Parliament House Collection