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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 273 Ensuring plans are in force

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 273

Ensuring plans are in force

When a plan comes into force

  (1A)   A recovery plan or a threat abatement plan comes into force on the day on which it is made or adopted, or on a later day specified by the Minister in writing.

Deadline for recovery plan

  (1)   Subject to subsection   (2), a recovery plan for a listed threatened species or a listed threatened ecological community must be made and in force within 3 years of the decision under section   269AA to have the plan.

  (2)   The Minister may, in writing, extend the period within which a recovery plan must be made. Only one extension can be granted for the making of the plan, and the period of the extension must not be more than 3 years.

Ensuring recovery plan is in force

  (3)   Once the first recovery plan for a listed threatened species or a listed threatened ecological community is in force, the Minister must exercise his or her powers under this Subdivision   to ensure that a recovery plan is in force for the species or community until the Minister decides under section   269AA not to have a recovery plan for the species or community.

Note:   The Minister may revoke a recovery plan for a listed threatened species or a listed threatened ecological community if the Minister decides under section   269AA not to have a recovery plan for the species or community. See section   283A.

Deadline for threat abatement plan

  (4)   A threat abatement plan for a key threatening process must be made and in force within 3 years of the decision under section   270A to have the plan.

Ensuring threat abatement plan is in force

  (5)   Once the first threat abatement plan for a key threatening process is in force, the Minister must exercise his or her powers under this Subdivision   to ensure that a threat abatement plan is in force for the process until the Minister decides under section   270A not to have a threat abatement plan for the process.

Note:   The Minister may revoke a threat abatement plan for a key threatening process if the Minister decides under section   270A not to have a threat abatement plan for the process. See section   283A.

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