Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2014 - SECT 89

    (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.