ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 279 Variation of plans by the Minister
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 279
Variation of plans by the Minister(1) The Minister may, at any time, review a recovery plan or threat abatement plan that has been made or adopted under this Subdivision and consider whether a variation of it is necessary.
(2) Each plan must be reviewed by the Minister at intervals of not longer than 5 years.
(3) If the Minister considers that a variation of a plan is necessary, the Minister may, subject to subsections (4), (5), (6) and (7), vary the plan.
(4) The Minister must not vary a plan, unless the plan, as so varied, continues to meet the requirements of section 270 or 271, as the case requires.
(5) Before varying a plan, the Minister must obtain and consider advice from the Scientific Committee on the content of the variation.
(6) If the Minister has made a plan jointly with, or adopted a plan that has been made by, a State or self - governing Territory, or an agency of a State or self - governing Territory, the Minister must seek the co - operation of that State or Territory, or that agency, with a view to varying the plan.
(7) Sections 275, 276 and 278 apply to the variation of a
plan in the same way that those sections apply to the making of a
recovery plan or threat abatement plan.