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FLORA AND FAUNA GUARANTEE ACT 1988 - SECT 16I

Recommendations that minor amendments be made to lists

    (1)     The Committee may recommend to the Minister that a minor amendment be made to the Threatened List or the Processes List.

    (2)     The Minister, within 60 days after receiving the recommendation of the Committee, may recommend to the Governor in Council that the Governor in Council make a minor amendment to the Threatened List or the Processes List.

    (3)     A recommendation by the Minister under subsection (2) is not made invalid by a failure to make that recommendation within the 60-day period referred to in that subsection.

    (4)     Nothing in Division 3 applies—

        (a)     to the Committee in respect of the Committee's decision to make a recommendation under subsection (1); or

        (b)     to the Minister in making a recommendation under subsection (2); or

        (c)     to the making of a minor amendment referred to under subsection (2).

    (5)     In this section—

"minor amendment" means an amendment made to the Threatened List or the Processes List that does not change the status of the listing or category of threat (if applicable) of a listed taxon of flora or fauna, a listed community of flora or fauna or a listed potentially threatening process and includes any of the following—

        (a)     a change in the name of a listed taxon of flora or fauna;

        (b)     a reclassification of a listed taxon of flora or fauna into a further taxon as a result of taxonomic revision;

        (c)     a clarification of a description of a listed community of flora or fauna including to reflect new surveys or research conducted in relation to the community;

        (d)     a correction of any minor error or omission.

S. 16J inserted by No. 28/2019 s. 11.



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