A taxon of flora or fauna is eligible to be listed in the Threatened List—
(a) if at the time of listing it is at risk of extinction in Australia, in one of the following categories of threat—
(i) extinct;
(ii) extinct in the wild;
(iii) critically endangered;
(iv) endangered;
(v) vulnerable;
(vi) in the case of a taxon of fish, conservation dependent; or
(b) if at the time of listing it is at risk of extinction in Victoria, in a category of threat referred to in paragraph (a)(i) to (v).
S. 14 substituted by No. 28/2019 s. 11.