Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2014 - SECT 87

    (1)     Not later than 3 months after the Minister receives a listing assessment for an item, the Minister must decide whether to—

        (a)     include, or refuse to include, an item in a list under section 88; or

        (b)     transfer, or refuse to transfer, an item within a list under section 89; or

        (c)     omit, or refuse to omit, an item from a list under section 90.

Note     The Minister may include certain nationally threatened items in a list without a nomination under div 4.4.3.

    (2)     If the decision is to include, transfer or omit an item, the Minister must—

        (a)     revise the list; and

        (b)     prepare a final version of the list.

Note     The final version of the list is a notifiable instrument (see s 91).

    (3)     The Minister must take reasonable steps to tell the following people about the decision:

        (a)     if the item was nominated by a person under section 81—the person who made the nomination;

        (b)     if a person made a submission to the scientific committee under section 84—the person who made the submission.