Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 18

Species that are extinct in the wild

  (1)   A person must not take an action that:

  (a)   has or will have a significant impact on a listed threatened species included in the extinct in the wild category; or

  (b)   is likely to have a significant impact on a listed threatened species included in the extinct in the wild category.

Civil penalty:  

  (a)   for an individual--5,000 penalty units;

  (b)   for a body corporate--50,000 penalty units.

Critically endangered species

  (2)   A person must not take an action that:

  (a)   has or will have a significant impact on a listed threatened species included in the critically endangered category; or

  (b)   is likely to have a significant impact on a listed threatened species included in the critically endangered category.

Civil penalty:  

  (a)   for an individual--5,000 penalty units;

  (b)   for a body corporate--50,000 penalty units.

Endangered species

  (3)   A person must not take an action that:

  (a)   has or will have a significant impact on a listed threatened species included in the endangered category; or

  (b)   is likely to have a significant impact on a listed threatened species included in the endangered category.

Civil penalty:  

  (a)   for an individual--5,000 penalty units;

  (b)   for a body corporate--50,000 penalty units.

Vulnerable species

  (4)   A person must not take an action that:

  (a)   has or will have a significant impact on a listed threatened species included in the vulnerable category; or

  (b)   is likely to have a significant impact on a listed threatened species included in the vulnerable category.

Civil penalty:  

  (a)   for an individual--5,000 penalty units;

  (b)   for a body corporate--50,000 penalty units.

Critically endangered communities

  (5)   A person must not take an action that:

  (a)   has or will have a significant impact on a listed threatened ecological community included in the critically endangered category; or

  (b)   is likely to have a significant impact on a listed threatened ecological community included in the critically endangered category.

Civil penalty:  

  (a)   for an individual--5,000 penalty units;

  (b)   for a body corporate--50,000 penalty units.

Endangered communities

  (6)   A person must not take an action that:

  (a)   has or will have a significant impact on a listed threatened ecological community included in the endangered category; or

  (b)   is likely to have a significant impact on a listed threatened ecological community included in the endangered category.

Civil penalty:  

  (a)   for an individual--5,000 penalty units;

  (b)   for a body corporate--50,000 penalty units.