Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2014 - SECT 90A

    (1)     This section applies to a nationally threatened item that is a Commonwealth listed item or a State assessed item (a relevant item ).

    (2)     The Minister may, without a nomination—

        (a)     include a relevant item in a list; or

        (b)     transfer a relevant item from 1 category in a list to another category in a list.

    (3)     Before including a relevant item in, or transferring a relevant item within, a list, the Minister must—

        (a)     consult with the scientific committee; and

        (b)     consider any recommendations of the scientific committee.

    (4)     A relevant item may only be included in, or transferred to, a national category in a list that corresponds with—

        (a)     for a Commonwealth listed item—the category in which the Commonwealth lists the item; and

        (b)     for a State assessed item—the category in which the State assesses the item is eligible to be listed.

    (5)     If the Minister decides to include a relevant item in, or transfer a relevant item within, a list under this section, 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).