Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2014 - SECT 108

    (1)     The conservator must—

        (a)     monitor the effectiveness of an action plan; and

        (b)     make the findings of the monitoring publicly accessible.

Example—publicly accessible

published on the directorate website

    (2)     However, if the conservator considers that a species or ecological community could be threatened by the disclosure of a particular detail in a finding, the conservator—

        (a)     need not include the particular detail; but

        (b)     must instead include a general statement about the finding.

    (3)     The conservator must report to the Minister about each action plan at least once every 5 years.

    (4)     The Minister must make the report publicly accessible not later than 30 days after the day the conservator gives the report to the Minister.

    (5)     The scientific committee must review an action plan—

        (a)     every 10 years after the plan commences; and

        (b)     at any other time at the conservator's request.

    (6)     However, the Minister may extend the time for conducting the review under subsection (5) (a).

    (7)     In reviewing an action plan, the scientific committee may make recommendations to the conservator about the plan, including that the plan is no longer needed for a species.