Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2014 - SECT 101

    (1)     The conservator must prepare a draft action plan for each relevant species, relevant ecological community and key threatening process.

Note     The draft action plan need not contain the precise location of the species, community or critical habitat (see s 363).

    (2)     However, the conservator need not prepare a draft action plan—

        (a)     for a species mentioned in section 100A—if the Minister has decided that an action plan is not needed for the species; or

        (b)     for a relevant species—if the species is the subject of a native species conservation plan.

Note     Native species conservation plan , for a native species—see s 115.

    (3)     In preparing a draft action plan for a relevant species or relevant ecological community, the conservator must consider—

        (a)     the impact of climate change on the species or ecological community; and

        (b)     threats to the species or ecological community; and

        (c)     connectivity requirements of the species or ecological community; and

        (d)     critical habitat of the species or ecological community.

Note     Critical habitat —see the dictionary.