Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2014 - SECT 60

    (1)     The conservator must review the nature conservation strategy every 10 years after the strategy commences.

    (2)     However, the Minister may extend the time for conducting the review.

    (3)     In conducting the review, the conservator must—

        (a)     consider each matter mentioned in section 49 (2) (Draft nature conservation strategy—conservator to prepare) in relation to the nature conservation strategy under review; and

        (b)     consult the entities mentioned in section 50; and

        (c)     carry out public consultation in accordance with section 51 (Draft nature conservation strategy—public consultation) as if a reference to a draft nature conservation strategy were a reference to the nature conservation strategy under review.

    (4)     If the public consultation period for the review has ended, the conservator must—

        (a)     consider each submission received during the public consultation period; and

        (b)     if the person who makes a submission during the public consultation period agrees to the conservator making the submission publicly accessible—make the submission publicly accessible; and

Example—publicly accessible

published on the directorate website

        (c)     make any recommendation to the Minister about the strategy under review that the conservator considers appropriate.

    (5)     The recommendation must be accompanied by a report setting out the issues raised in any submissions given to the conservator during the public consultation period for the strategy under review.

    (6)     If the conservator makes a recommendation to the Minister, the Minister must respond to the conservator about the recommendation.

    (7)     If the conservator receives a response from the Minister, the conservator must make the following publicly accessible:

        (a)     the Minister's response;

        (b)     details of any proposed amendments to the strategy as a result of the review.

Note     The power to prepare a nature conservation strategy includes the power to amend the strategy. The power to amend the strategy is exercisable in the same way, and subject to the same conditions, as the power to make the strategy (see Legislation Act

, s 46).