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NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2014

Table of Provisions

CHAPTER 1--PRELIMINARY

PART 1.1--INTRODUCTION

  • 1 Name of Act  
  • 3 Dictionary  
  • 4 Notes  
  • 5 Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc  
  • 6 Objects of Act  

PART 1.2--RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS

PART 1.3--IMPORTANT CONCEPTS

  • 9 What is nature?  
  • 10 What is conservation?  
  • 11 What is an animal?  
  • 12 What is a native animal?  
  • 13 What is a plant?  
  • 14 What is a native plant?  
  • 15 What is a species?  
  • 16 What is a native species?  
  • 17 What is an ecological community?  
  • 18 What is a member of a species or ecological community?  
  • 19 What is biodiversity?  

CHAPTER 2--ADMINISTRATION

PART 2.1--CONSERVATOR OF FLORA AND FAUNA

  • 20 Conservator—appointment  
  • 21 Conservator—functions  
  • 22 Conservator—delegation  
  • 23 Conservator—guidelines  
  • 24 Meaning of biodiversity research and monitoring  
  • 25 Biodiversity research and monitoring program—conservator to  
  • 26 Biodiversity research and monitoring program—conservator to  

PART 2.2--ACT PARKS AND CONSERVATION SERVICE

  • 27 ACT parks and conservation service—establishment  

PART 2.3--CONSERVATION OFFICERS

  • 28 Conservation officers—appointment  
  • 29 Conservation officers—identity cards  
  • 30 Conservation officers—power not to be exercised before identity card  

PART 2.4--SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

  • 31 Scientific committee—establishment  
  • 32 Scientific committee—functions  
  • 33 Scientific committee—annual report  
  • 34 Scientific committee—Minister's directions  
  • 35 Scientific committee—membership  
  • 36 Scientific committee—appointment of members  
  • 37 Scientific committee—chair and deputy chair  
  • 38 Scientific committee—secretary  
  • 39 Scientific committee—ending appointments  
  • 40 Scientific committee—disclosure of interests  
  • 41 Scientific committee—meetings  
  • 42 Scientific committee—presiding member at meetings  
  • 43 Scientific committee—quorum at meetings  
  • 44 Scientific committee—voting at meetings  
  • 45 Scientific committee—conduct of meetings  

PART 2.5--ADVISORY COMMITTEES

  • 46 Advisory committees  

CHAPTER 3--NATURE CONSERVATION STRATEGY FOR THE ACT

  • 47 What is the nature conservation strategy for the ACT?  
  • 48 What is a draft nature conservation  
  • 49 Draft nature conservation strategy—conservator to prepare  
  • 50 Draft nature conservation strategy—consultation with  
  • 51 Draft nature conservation strategy—public consultation  
  • 52 Draft strategy—revision and submission to Minister  
  • 53 Draft strategy—Minister to approve, return or reject  
  • 54 Draft strategy—Minister's approval and notification  
  • 55 Draft strategy—Minister's direction to revise etc  
  • 56 Draft strategy—Minister's rejection  
  • 57 Nature conservation strategy—minor amendments  
  • 58 Nature conservation strategy—conservator to implement  
  • 59 Nature conservation strategy—monitoring  
  • 60 Nature conservation strategy—review  

CHAPTER 4--THREATENED NATIVE SPECIES AND ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES

PART 4.1--THREATENED NATIVE SPECIES

  • 61 What is a threatened native species?  
  • 62 What is a threatened native species list?  
  • 63 Threatened native species list—categories  
  • 64 Threatened native species list—eligibility for national  
  • 64A Threatened native species list—eligibility for regional  
  • 65 Threatened native species list—eligibility criteria  
  • 66 Threatened native species list—criteria to review  

PART 4.2--THREATENED ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES

  • 67 What is a threatened ecological community?  
  • 68 What is a threatened ecological communities list?  
  • 69 Threatened ecological communities list—categories  
  • 70 Threatened ecological communities list—eligibility for  
  • 71 Threatened ecological communities list—eligibility criteria  
  • 72 Threatened ecological communities list criteria—review  

PART 4.3--KEY THREATENING PROCESSES

  • 73 What is a threatening process?  
  • 74 What is a key threatening process?  
  • 75 What is a key threatening processes list?  
  • 76 Key threatening processes list  
  • 77 Key threatening processes list—eligibility  
  • 78 Key threatening processes list—eligibility criteria  
  • 79 Key threatening processes list criteria—review  

PART 4.4--INCLUDING, TRANSFERRING AND OMITTING ITEMS IN LIST

Division 4.4.1--Definitions—pt 4.4

  • 80 Definitions—pt 4.4  

Division 4.4.2--Including, transferring and omitting items in list—general

  • 81 Nominations—public may nominate item at any time  
  • 82 Nominations—scientific committee may reject nomination  
  • 83 Nominations—scientific committee may nominate items itself  
  • 84 Nominations—public consultation  
  • 85 Nominations—scientific committee to carry out listing assessment  
  • 87 Minister to decide whether to include, transfer or omit item  
  • 88 Minister's decision—include item  
  • 89 Minister's decision—transfer item  
  • 90 Minister's decision—omit item  

Division 4.4.3--Including or transferring certain nationally threatened items

  • 90A Minister may include or transfer nationally threatened items without  

Division 4.4.4--Conservation advice

  • 90B Conservation advice guidelines  
  • 90C Conservation advice  
  • 90E Conservation advice—adopting advice for nationally threatened item  
  • 90F Conservation advice—scientific committee to review  

Division 4.4.5--Final version of list and notification

  • 91 Final version of list and notification  

Division 4.4.6--Minor amendments of list

  • 93 What is a minor amendment?—div 4.4.6  
  • 94 Minister may make minor amendments  
  • 95 Minor amendment—including similar species  
  • 96 Minor amendment—omitting similar species  
  • 97 Minor amendment—rediscovery of extinct species  

PART 4.5--ACTION PLANS

  • 98 Definitions—Act  
  • 99 What is an action plan?—pt 4.5  
  • 100 What is a draft action plan?—pt 4.5  
  • 100A Minister to decide if action plan needed  
  • 101 Draft action plan—conservator to prepare  
  • 102 Draft action plan—consultation with scientific committee  
  • 103 Draft action plan—public consultation  
  • 104 Draft action plan—revision  
  • 105 Draft action plan—final version and notification  
  • 106 Action plan—minor amendments  
  • 107 Action plan—conservator to implement  
  • 108 Action plan—monitoring and review  
  • 108A Action plan—ending action plan after review  

CHAPTER 5--PROTECTION OF NATIVE SPECIES—CONSERVATION PLANS

PART 5.1--SPECIAL PROTECTION STATUS

PART 5.2--PROTECTED NATIVE SPECIES

  • 110 What is a protected native species?  
  • 111 Minister to make protected native species list  
  • 112 Protected native species list—eligibility  
  • 113 Minister to develop criteria and processes for protected native species  
  • 114 Protected native species list criteria—review  

PART 5.3--NATIVE SPECIES CONSERVATION PLANS

  • 115 What is a native species conservation plan?  
  • 116 What is a draft native species conservation plan?—pt  
  • 117 Draft native species conservation plan—conservator to  
  • 118 Draft native species conservation plan—consultation with scientific  
  • 119 Draft native species conservation plan—consultation with lessee and  
  • 120 Draft native species conservation plan—public consultation  
  • 121 Draft native species conservation plan—revision  
  • 122 Draft native species conservation plan—final version and  
  • 123 Native species conservation plan—minor amendments  
  • 124 Native species conservation plan—conservator etc to  
  • 125 Native species conservation plan—monitoring and review  

CHAPTER 6--PROTECTION OF NATIVE SPECIES—OFFENCES

PART 6.1--OFFENCES

Division 6.1.1--Definitions—pt 6.1

  • 126 Definitions—pt 6.1  

Division 6.1.2--Native animals

  • 127 Definitions—div 6.1.2  
  • 128 Offence—interfere with nest of native animal  
  • 129 Offence—interfere with nest of native animal—endanger progeny or  
  • 130 Offence—kill native animal  
  • 131 Offence—injure or endanger native animal  
  • 132 Offence—take native animal  
  • 133 Offence—keep non-exempt animal  
  • 134 Offence—sell non-exempt animal  
  • 135 Offence—offer to sell animal without disclosing licence  
  • 136 Offence—import non-exempt animal  
  • 137 Offence—export non-exempt animal  
  • 138 Offence—release animal from captivity  
  • 138A Offence—use prohibited fruit netting  
  • 138B Offence—prohibited fruit netting retail display  

Division 6.1.3--Native plants

  • 139 Definitions—div 6.1.3  
  • 140 Offence—take native plant—unleased land  
  • 141 Offence—take and sell native plant—unleased land  
  • 142 Offence—take native plant—protected native species  
  • 143 Offence—take native plant—special protection status  
  • 144 Offence—damage native tree—unleased land  
  • 145 Offence—damage native tree—leased land  
  • 146 Offence—damage or take fallen native timber  
  • 147 Offence—offer to sell native plant without disclosing licence  
  • 148 Offence—sell native plant—protected or special protection status  
  • 149 Offence—sell native plant without plant tag—protected or special protection  
  • 150 Offence—import native plant—protected or special protection status  
  • 151 Offence—export native plant—protected or special protection status  
  • 152 Offence—export plant without plant tag—protected or special protection  

Division 6.1.4--Exceptions to offences

  • 153 Chapter 6 exceptions  

PART 6.2--OTHER MATTERS

  • 154 What is an exempt animal?  
  • 155 Declarations—exempt animals  
  • 156 Interest in native animal ends with escape  

CHAPTER 7--CONTROLLED NATIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT PLANS

  • 157 What is a controlled native species?—ch 7  
  • 158 What is a controlled native species management plan?  
  • 159 What is a draft controlled native species management plan?—ch  
  • 160 Draft controlled native species management plan—conservator to  
  • 161 Draft controlled native species management plan—consultation with lessee and  
  • 162 Draft controlled native species management plan—public  
  • 163 Draft controlled native species management plan—revision  
  • 164 Draft controlled native species management plan—emergencies  
  • 165 Draft controlled native species management plan—final version and  
  • 166 Controlled native species management plan—minor amendments  
  • 167 Controlled native species management plan—conservator etc to  
  • 168 Controlled native species management plan—monitoring and review  

CHAPTER 7A--CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN

  • 168A Meaning of cultural resource management plan  
  • 168B Preparation of draft cultural resource management plan  
  • 168C Draft cultural resource management plan—revision and submission to  
  • 168D Draft cultural resource management plan—Minister to approve, return or  
  • 168E Draft cultural resource management plan—Minister's direction to revise  
  • 168F Cultural resource management plan—minor amendments  
  • 168G Cultural resource management plan—conservator to implement  
  • 168H Cultural resource management plan—reporting  
  • 168I Cultural resource management plan—review  

CHAPTER 8--RESERVES—MANAGEMENT PLANNING

PART 8.1--DEFINITIONS

  • 169 What is a reserve?—Act  
  • 170 What is a wilderness area?—Act  

PART 8.2--IUCN CATEGORIES FOR RESERVES

  • 171 What is an IUCN category for a reserve?—pt 8.2  
  • 172 Assignment of reserves to IUCN categories  
  • 173 IUCN reserve management objectives  
  • 174 Management of reserve assigned to IUCN category if no reserve management  

PART 8.3--RESERVE MANAGEMENT PLANS

  • 175 What is a reserve management plan?  
  • 176 What is a draft reserve management plan?—pt 8.3  
  • 177 Draft reserve management plan—custodian to prepare  
  • 179 Draft reserve management plan—public consultation  
  • 180 Draft reserve management plan—revision and submission to  
  • 181 Draft reserve management plan—referral to Legislative Assembly  
  • 182 Draft reserve management plan—committee to report  
  • 183 Draft reserve management plan—Minister to approve, return or  
  • 184 Draft reserve management plan—Minister's approval and  
  • 185 Draft reserve management plan—Minister's direction to revise  
  • 186 Draft reserve management plan—Minister's rejection  
  • 187 Reserve management plan—minor amendments  
  • 188 Reserve management plan—custodian to implement  
  • 189 Reserve management plan—review  

PART 8.4--RAMSAR WETLANDS MANAGEMENT PLANS

PART 8.5--ACCESS TO BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES IN RESERVES

  • 204 What are biological resources?—pt 8.5  
  • 205 What are genetic resources?—pt 8.5  
  • 206 Who is an access provider?—pt 8.5  
  • 207 What is accessing biological resources?—pt 8.5  
  • 208 Application—certain biological resources  
  • 209 Offence—access biological resources  
  • 210 Benefit-sharing agreement—licensee required to enter  
  • 211 Benefit-sharing agreement—provisions  
  • 212 Benefit-sharing agreement—informed consent  

CHAPTER 9--RESERVES—OFFENCES

PART 9.1--RESERVES--OFFENCES GENERALLY

  • 213 Offence—enter reserve without paying entry fee  
  • 214 Offence—take animal into reserve  
  • 215 Offence—feed native animal in reserve  
  • 216 Offence—interfere with trap or bait in reserve  
  • 217 Offence—weapons and traps in reserve  
  • 218 Offence—damage native plant in reserve  
  • 219 Offence—take plant or plant reproductive material into reserve  
  • 220 Offence—planting a plant in a reserve  
  • 221 Offence—remove soil or stone from reserve  
  • 222 Offence—damage, destroy or remove things in reserve  

PART 9.2--RESERVES--OFFENCES IN WILDERNESS AREAS

  • 223 Offence—make road in wilderness area  
  • 224 Offence—use motor vehicle off road in wilderness area  
  • 225 Offence—excavate in wilderness area without licence  
  • 226 Direction to restore excavation site  
  • 227 Offence—fail to comply with restore excavation direction  
  • 228 Restoration of excavation site by Territory  

PART 9.3--RESERVES--REPAIRING DAMAGE

  • 229 Directions to repair damage to reserve  
  • 230 Offence—fail to comply with repair damage direction  
  • 231 Repair of damage by Territory  

PART 9.4--RESERVES--OFFENCES ABOUT CLEARING NATIVE VEGETATION

  • 232 What is native vegetation?—pt 9.4  
  • 233 What is a native vegetation area?—pt 9.4  
  • 234 What is clearing native vegetation?—pt 9.4  
  • 235 When does clearing native vegetation cause serious harm or material  
  • 236 Offence—clear vegetation causing serious harm  
  • 237 Offence—clear vegetation causing material harm  
  • 238 Offence—clear vegetation  
  • 239 Defence of appropriate diligence for offences—pt 9.4  
  • 240 Alternative verdicts for offences—pt 9.4  
  • 241 Order to restore cleared vegetation etc  
  • 242 Order to publicise conviction or finding of  

PART 9.5--RESERVES--OFFENCES ABOUT DAMAGING LAND

  • 243 What is damage to land?—pt 9.5  
  • 244 When does damage to land cause serious harm or material harm to  
  • 245 Offence—damage land causing serious harm  
  • 246 Offence—damage land causing material harm  
  • 247 Offence—damage land causing harm  
  • 248 Defence of appropriate diligence for offences—pt 9.5  
  • 249 Alternative verdicts for offences—pt 9.5  
  • 250 Order to rehabilitate land etc  
  • 251 Order to publicise conviction or finding of  

PART 9.6--EXCEPTIONS TO OFFENCES

  • 252 Chapter 9 exceptions  

CHAPTER 10--RESERVES—PROHIBITED AND RESTRICTED ACTIVITIES

PART 10.1--RESOURCE PROTECTION AREAS

  • 253 What is a resource protection area?—ch 10  
  • 254 Resource protection area—declaration  
  • 255 Resource protection area—review  

PART 10.2--PROHIBITED AND RESTRICTED ACTIVITIES

  • 256 Conservator may make activities declarations  
  • 257 Offence—carry on restricted activity in reserve  
  • 258 Offence—carry on prohibited activity in reserve  
  • 259 Conservator may close reserve  
  • 260 Offence—enter closed reserve  
  • 261 Part 10.2 exceptions  

CHAPTER 11--NATURE CONSERVATION LICENCES

PART 11.1--LICENCES--PRELIMINARY

  • 262 What is a nature conservation licence?  
  • 262A Who is an influential person for a corporation?—ch  
  • 263 Offence—fail to comply with condition of licence  

PART 11.2--LICENCES--APPLICATION AND SUITABILITY

PART 11.3--LICENCES--DECISION

  • 273 Licence—decision on application  
  • 274 Licence—conditions generally  
  • 275 Licence—conditions about native species conservation plans etc  
  • 276 Licence—term  
  • 277 Licence—form  

PART 11.4--LICENCES--FINANCIAL ASSURANCE CONDITIONS

  • 278 What is a financial assurance condition?  
  • 279 Financial assurance condition—imposition  
  • 280 Financial assurance condition—show cause  
  • 281 Financial assurance condition—licence cancellation  
  • 282 Financial assurance condition—claim or realisation  
  • 283 Financial assurance condition—notice before claim or  
  • 284 Financial assurance condition—recovery of extra costs  
  • 285 Financial assurance condition—money held by Territory  

PART 11.5--LICENCES--AMENDMENT, TRANSFER AND RENEWAL

  • 286 Licence—amendment initiated by conservator  
  • 287 Licence—application to amend licence  
  • 288 Licence—decision on application to amend licence  
  • 289 Licence—application to transfer licence  
  • 290 Licence—decision on application to transfer licence  
  • 291 Licence—application for renewal of licence  
  • 292 Licence—decision on application for renewal of licence  
  • 293 Licence—replacing when lost, stolen or destroyed  
  • 294 Licence—surrender  
  • 295 Offence—fail to notify change of name or address  
  • 296 Licence—conservator to change name and address  

PART 11.6--LICENCES--REGULATORY ACTION

  • 297 Licence—grounds for regulatory action  
  • 298 Licence—regulatory action  
  • 299 Licence—taking regulatory action  
  • 300 Licence—immediate suspension  
  • 301 Licence—effect of suspension  
  • 302 Offence—fail to return amended, suspended or cancelled licences  
  • 303 Action by conservator in relation to amended or suspended licence  

PART 11.7--LICENCE--REGISTER, RECORDS AND ROYALTIES

  • 304 Licence register  
  • 305 Licence register—correction and keeping up to date  
  • 306 Offence—fail to keep records  
  • 307 Royalty  

CHAPTER 12--MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH UTILITY SUPPLIERS, LAND DEVELOPERS AND OTHERS

  • 308 What are agencies and activities of  
  • 309 What are management objectives?—ch 12  
  • 310 What is a management agreement?—ch 12  
  • 311 Management agreement—conservator may propose  
  • 312 Management agreement—agency may enter or refuse  
  • 313 Management agreement—refusal and repairing damage  
  • 314 Management agreement—breach of agreement and repairing damage  

CHAPTER 13--LAND DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS

  • 315 Meaning of development—ch 13  
  • 316 Simplified outline  
  • 317 Advice about adverse environmental impacts  
  • 318 Requirements for conservator's advice  

CHAPTER 13A--MINOR PUBLIC WORKS IN RESERVES

  • 318A Minor public works code  

CHAPTER 14--ENFORCEMENT

PART 14.1--DIRECTIONS

  • 319 Direction to give name and address  
  • 320 Offence—fail to comply with direction to give name and address  
  • 321 Direction to produce licence or records  
  • 322 Offence—fail to comply with direction to produce licence or record  
  • 323 Direction to provide information  
  • 324 Offence—fail to comply with information direction  
  • 325 Direction to leave reserve  
  • 326 Offence—fail to comply with direction to leave reserve  
  • 327 Direction to stop vehicle containing animal or plant  
  • 328 Offence—fail to comply with stop vehicle direction  
  • 329 Urgent directions  
  • 330 Offence—fail to comply with urgent direction  
  • 331 Conservator's directions  
  • 332 Offence—fail to comply with conservator's direction  
  • 333 Treatment directions  
  • 334 Offence—fail to comply with treatment direction  
  • 335 Treatment of animal or plant by Territory  
  • 336 Injunctions to restrain contravention of urgent directions and conservator's  

PART 14.2--ENFORCEMENT BY CONSERVATION OFFICERS

Division 14.2.1--Definitions—pt 14.2

  • 337 Definitions—pt 14.2  

Division 14.2.2--Powers of conservation officers

  • 338 Power to enter premises  
  • 339 Production of identity card  
  • 340 Consent to entry  
  • 341 General powers on entry to premises  
  • 342 Power to seize things  
  • 343 Seizure and release of distressed native birds  
  • 344 Release of distressed animals—court orders  

Division 14.2.3--Search warrants

  • 345 Warrants generally  
  • 346 Warrants—application made other than in person  
  • 347 Search warrants—announcement before entry  
  • 348 Details of search warrant to be given to occupier etc  
  • 349 Occupier entitled to be present during search etc  

Division 14.2.4--Return and forfeiture of things seized

  • 350 Receipt for things seized  
  • 351 Moving things to another place for examination or processing under search  
  • 352 Access to things seized  
  • 353 Return of things seized  
  • 354 Forfeiture of things seized  
  • 355 Power to destroy unsafe things  
  • 356 Application for order disallowing seizure  
  • 357 Order for return of things seized  

Division 14.2.5--Enforcement—damage and compensation

  • 358 Damage etc to be minimised  
  • 359 Compensation for exercise of enforcement powers  

CHAPTER 15--NOTIFICATION AND REVIEW OF DECISIONS

  • 360 Meaning of reviewable decision—ch 15  
  • 361 Reviewable decision notices  
  • 362 Applications for review  

CHAPTER 16--MISCELLANEOUS

  • 363 Certain information may be kept confidential  
  • 364 Offences—use or divulge protected information  
  • 365 Acts and omissions of representatives  
  • 366 Criminal liability of executive officers  
  • 367 Evidentiary certificates  
  • 368 Determination of fees etc  
  • 370 Regulation-making power  
  • 371 Review of Act  

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