Victorian Current Acts

FLORA AND FAUNA GUARANTEE ACT 1988 - SECT 23

    (1)     A management plan must state—

        (a)     the taxon or community of flora or fauna or potentially threatening process to which the plan applies; and

        (b)     the way in which the objectives of this Act are to be implemented or promoted for the benefit of that taxon or community or the management of that process; and

        (c)     the method by which progress towards achieving the objectives of this Act can be assessed; and

        (d)     the date by which the management plan is recommended for review by the Secretary; and

        (e)     any other prescribed matter.

    (2)     A management plan may provide for any of the following—

        (a)     the conservation or restoration of any taxon or community;

        (b)     the mitigation of impacts to a listed taxon or community, including the manner in which impacts are to be avoided;

        (c)     the management of a listed potentially threatening process;

        (d)     the management of a particular area or resource;

        (e)     the conservation, management or restoration of a critical habitat.

    (3)     In making or amending a management plan the Secretary must consider—

        (a)     the objectives and principles of this Act; and

        (b)     any public submissions; and

        (c)     any comments from the Committee; and

        (d)     any relevant action statement; and

        (e)     any relevant national recovery plan, threat abatement plan or national conservation advice; and

        (f)     any other relevant nature conservation, social or economic matters; and

        (g)     any other prescribed matter.

S. 23A inserted by No. 28/2019 s. 18.