Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION ACT 1992 No. 194 of 1992 - SECT 45

45.(1) The Advisory Committee is to advise the Minister on:

   (a)  the times within which, and the order in which, assistance should be
        granted to States and State agencies under section 44 for the
        preparation of plans; and

   (b)  the conditions (if any) to which the giving of such assistance should
        be subject.

(2) In giving advice on preparation of a draft recovery plan, the Advisory
Committee must take into account the following matters:

   (a)  the degree of threat to the survival in nature of the species or
        ecological community in question;

   (b)  the potential for the species or community to recover;

   (c)  the genetic distinctiveness of the species or community;

   (d)  the importance of the species or community to the ecosystem;

   (e)  the value to humanity of the species or community;

   (f)  the efficient and effective use of the resources allocated to the
        conservation of species and ecological communities.

(3) In giving advice on preparation of a draft threat abatement plan, the
Advisory Committee must take into account the following matters:

   (a)  the degree of threat that the key threatening process in question
        poses to the survival in nature of species and ecological communities;

   (b)  the potential of species and ecological communities so threatened to
        recover;

   (c)  the efficient and effective use of the resources allocated to the
        conservation of species and ecological communities.