(1) The Minister may transfer an item from 1 category in a list to another category in a list (the new category ) only if satisfied that the item is eligible to be included in the new category.
Note
1 Eligibility for the threatened native species list is dealt
with in s 64 and s 64A.
Eligibility for the threatened ecological communities
list is dealt with in s 70.
Note 2 There are no categories in the key threatening processes list.
(2) In deciding whether to include an item, the Minister may only consider—
(a) the listing assessment for the item; and
(b) the eligibility of the item for the new category under—
(i) for a species—the threatened native species list criteria; or
(ii) for an ecological community—the threatened ecological communities list criteria; and
Note Threatened native species
list criteria —see s
65.
"Threatened ecological communities list criteria"—see s 71.
(c) the effect that transferring the item may have on the survival of the item.