ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 146K Approvals relating to listed threatened species and ecological communities
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 146K
Approvals relating to listed threatened species and ecological communities(1) This section applies if the approval relates to a listed threatened species or a listed threatened ecological community.
(2) The Minister must not act inconsistently with:
(a) Australia's obligations under:
(i) the Biodiversity Convention; or
(ii) the Apia Convention; or
(iii) CITES; or
(b) a recovery plan for the species or community or a threat abatement plan.
(3) The Minister must have regard to any
approved conservation advice for the species or community.