Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION ACT 1992 No. 194 of 1992 - SECT 44

44.(1) The Minister may, on the Commonwealth's behalf, give to a State or a
State agency financial assistance, and any other assistance, for the
preparation of:

   (a)  a draft recovery plan for:

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

        (ii)   a listed ecological community; that does not occur in a
               Commonwealth area; or

   (b)  a draft threat abatement plan for a key threatening process that does
        not occur in a Commonwealth area.

(2) The giving of assistance may be made subject to such conditions as the
Minister thinks fit.

(3) The Minister is to have regard to the advice of the Advisory Committee
under section 45 before deciding whether to give assistance, or the extent of
any assistance to be given.