Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2014 - SECT 15

    (1)     In this Act:

"species"—

        (a)     means a group of biological entities that—

              (i)     interbreed to produce fertile offspring; or

              (ii)     possess common characteristics derived from a common gene pool; and

        (b)     includes—

              (i)     a subspecies; and

              (ii)     a variety; and

              (iii)     a distinct population of biological entities prescribed by regulation to be a species.

    (2)     In this section:

"subspecies" means a geographically separate population of a species, being a population that is characterised by morphological or biological differences from other populations of that species.