Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION ACT 1992 No. 194 of 1992 - SECT 31

31.(1) The Commonwealth must prepare and implement a recovery plan for:

   (a)  each listed native species (other than a species that is presumed
        extinct); or

   (b)  each listed ecological community; that occurs in Commonwealth areas.

(2) If the listed native species or listed ecological community also occurs
outside Commonwealth areas, the Commonwealth must seek the co-operation of the
States in which the species or community occurs outside Commonwealth areas
with a view to the joint preparation and implementation of a recovery plan for
the species or community throughout Commonwealth areas and those States.
Note 1: "Commonwealth area" is defined in section 5. Note 2: Section 99
imposes on Commonwealth agencies obligations relating to recovery plans.