Western Australian Current Acts

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 2016 - SECT 35

35 .         Criteria for listing as key threatening process

                A threatening process is eligible for listing as a key threatening process if —

            (a)         the threatening process —

                  (i)         could cause a native species to become eligible for listing as a threatened species; or

                  (ii)         could cause an ecological community to become eligible for listing as a threatened ecological community; or

                  (iii)         could cause a threatened species or a threatened ecological community to become eligible for listing in another category representing a higher degree of endangerment; or

                  (iv)         significantly contributes to the continuing decline of 2 or more threatened species or 2 or more threatened communities; or

                  (v)         significantly contributes to a native species becoming eligible for listing as a threatened species in the category of critically endangered species; or

                  (vi)         significantly contributes to an ecological community becoming eligible for listing as a threatened ecological community in the category of critically endangered ecological community; or

                  (vii)         significantly contributes to the continuing decline of a critically endangered species or a critically endangered ecological community; or

                  (viii)         significantly contributes to the degradation of a critical habitat;

                and

            (b)         listing is otherwise in accordance with the ministerial guidelines.