ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 37G Declarations relating to listed threatened species and ecological communities
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 37G
Declarations relating to listed threatened species and ecological communitiesThe Minister may make a declaration under section 37A relating to a listed threatened species or a listed threatened ecological community only if:
(a) the Minister is satisfied that the declaration is not inconsistent with Australia's obligations under:
(i) the Biodiversity Convention; or
(ii) the Apia Convention; or
(iii) CITES; and
(b) the Minister is satisfied that the declaration will promote the survival and/or enhance the conservation status of each species or community to which the declaration relates; and
(c) the Minister is satisfied that the declaration is not inconsistent with any recovery plan for the species or community or a threat abatement plan; and
(d) the Minister has had regard to any
approved conservation advice for the species or community.