(1) The Minister must make a threatened native species list.
(2) The list must contain the species eligible to be included in 1 of the following categories (a national category ) in the list:
(a) extinct;
(b) extinct in the wild;
(c) critically endangered;
(d) endangered;
(e) vulnerable;
(f) conservation dependent.
(3) The list may contain the species eligible to be included in 1 of the following categories (a regional category ) in the list:
(a) regionally threatened;
(b) regionally conservation dependent;
(c) provisional.